--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Sat Apr 07 00:43:10 2007 +0000
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Mon Apr 09 19:12:10 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-04-09  Daniel J Sebald  <daniel.sebald@ieee.org>
+
+	* plot/stem.m: Fix typos in doc string.  Fix typo in call to
+	zeros.  Set markerfacecolor property in call to plot.
+
 2007-04-06  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* linear-algebra/norm.m: Use new __vnorm__ function for vector args.

--- a/scripts/plot/stem.m	Sat Apr 07 00:43:10 2007 +0000
+++ b/scripts/plot/stem.m	Mon Apr 09 19:12:10 2007 +0000
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 ## stem (x);
 ## @end example
 ## @noindent
-## plots 10 stems with hights from 1 to 10;
+## plots 10 stems with heights from 1 to 10;
 ##
 ## @example
 ## x = 1:10;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 ## stem (x, y);
 ## @end example
 ## @noindent
-## plots 10 stems with hights from 2 to 20;
+## plots 10 stems with heights from 2 to 20;
 ## 
 ## @example
 ## x = 1:10;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 ## h = stem (x, y, "b");
 ## @end example
 ## @noindent
-## plots 10 bars with hights from 2 to 20
+## plots 10 bars with heights from 2 to 20
 ## (the color is blue, and @var{h} is a 2-by-10 array of handles in
 ## which the first row holds the line handles and the 
 ## the second row holds the marker handles);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 ## h = stem (x, y, "-.k");
 ## @end example
 ## @noindent
-## plots 10 stems with hights from 2 to 20
+## plots 10 stems with heights from 2 to 20
 ## (the color is black, line style is @code{"-."}, and @var{h} is a 2-by-10
 ## array of handles in which the first row holds the line handles and
 ## the second rows holds the marker handles);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 ## h = stem (x, y, "-.k.");
 ## @end example
 ## @noindent
-## plots 10 stems with hights from 2 to 20
+## plots 10 stems with heights from 2 to 20
 ## (the color is black, line style is @code{"-."} and the marker style
 ## is @code{"."}, and @var{h} is a 2-by-10 array of handles in which the
 ## first row holds the line handles and the second row holds the marker
@@ -102,13 +102,20 @@
 
   [x, y, dofill, lc, ls, mc, ms] = check_stem_arg (varargin{:});
 
+  if (dofill)
+    fc = mc;
+  else
+    fc = "none";
+  endif
+
   newplot ();
 
-  z = zeros (1, numel (x)));
+  z = zeros (1, numel (x));
   xt = x(:)';
   yt = y(:)';
   tmp = plot ([xt; xt], [z; yt], "color", lc, "linestyle", ls,
-	      x, y, "color", mc, "marker", ms, "linestyle", "");
+	      x, y, "color", mc, "marker", ms, "linestyle", "",
+	      "markerfacecolor", fc);
 
   if (nargout > 0)
     h = tmp;

--- a/src/ChangeLog	Sat Apr 07 00:43:10 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Mon Apr 09 19:12:10 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-04-09  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* graphics.cc (line::line_properties::markeredgecolor,
+	line::line_properties::markerfacecolor): New properties.
+
 2007-04-06  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* data.cc (F__vnorm__): New function.

--- a/src/graphics.cc	Sat Apr 07 00:43:10 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/graphics.cc	Mon Apr 09 19:12:10 2007 +0000
@@ -2404,6 +2404,8 @@
 	linestyle ("-"),
 	linewidth (0.5),
 	marker ("none"),
+	markeredgecolor ("auto"),
+	markerfacecolor ("none"),
 	markersize (1),
 	keylabel ("") { }
 
@@ -2444,6 +2446,10 @@
 	linewidth = val;
       else if (name.compare ("marker"))
 	marker = val;
+      else if (name.compare ("markeredgecolor"))
+	markeredgecolor = val;
+      else if (name.compare ("markerfacecolor"))
+	markerfacecolor = val;
       else if (name.compare ("markersize"))
 	markersize = val;
       else if (name.compare ("keylabel"))
@@ -2477,6 +2483,8 @@
       m.assign ("linestyle", linestyle);
       m.assign ("linewidth", linewidth);
       m.assign ("marker", marker);
+      m.assign ("markeredgecolor", markeredgecolor);
+      m.assign ("markerface", markerfacecolor);
       m.assign ("markersize", markersize);
       m.assign ("keylabel", keylabel);
 
@@ -2517,6 +2525,10 @@
 	retval = linewidth;
       else if (name.compare ("marker"))
 	retval = marker;
+      else if (name.compare ("markeredgecolor"))
+	retval = markeredgecolor;
+      else if (name.compare ("markerfacecolor"))
+	retval = markerfacecolor;
       else if (name.compare ("markersize"))
 	retval = markersize;
       else if (name.compare ("keylabel"))
@@ -2544,6 +2556,8 @@
       m["linestyle"] = "-";
       m["linewidth"] = 0.5;
       m["marker"] = "none";
+      m["markeredgecolor"] = "auto";
+      m["markerfacecolor"] = "none";
       m["markersize"] = 1;
       m["keylabel"] = "";
 
@@ -2562,6 +2576,8 @@
     octave_value linestyle;
     octave_value linewidth;
     octave_value marker;
+    octave_value markeredgecolor;
+    octave_value markerfacecolor;
     octave_value markersize;
     octave_value keylabel;