--- a/src/graphics.h.in	Mon Nov 14 21:50:16 2011 -0500
+++ b/src/graphics.h.in	Tue Nov 15 01:29:22 2011 -0500
@@ -4694,7 +4694,7 @@
       {
         position.add_constraint (dim_vector (1, 2));
         position.add_constraint (dim_vector (2, 1));
-        visible.set (octave_value (false));
+        visible.set (octave_value (true));
       }
   };
 

--- a/src/ov-struct.cc	Mon Nov 14 21:50:16 2011 -0500
+++ b/src/ov-struct.cc	Tue Nov 15 01:29:22 2011 -0500
@@ -2029,6 +2029,7 @@
 Convert @var{cell} to a structure.  The number of fields in @var{fields}\n\
 must match the number of elements in @var{cell} along dimension @var{dim},\n\
 that is @code{numel (@var{fields}) == size (@var{cell}, @var{dim})}.\n\
+If @var{dim} is omitted, a value of 1 is assumed.\n\
 \n\
 @example\n\
 @group\n\
@@ -2048,63 +2049,87 @@
 {
   octave_value retval;
 
-  if (args.length () == 3)
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 2 || nargin == 3)
     {
       if (! args(0).is_cell ())
-        error ("cell2struct: argument CELL must be of type cell");
-      else if (! (args(1).is_cellstr () || args(1).is_char_matrix ()))
-        error ("cell2struct: FIELDS must be a cell array of strings or a character matrix");
-      else if (! args(2).is_real_scalar ())
-        error ("cell2struct: DIM must be a real scalar");
-      else
+        {
+          error ("cell2struct: argument CELL must be of type cell");
+          return retval;
+        }
+
+      if (! (args(1).is_cellstr () || args(1).is_char_matrix ()))
         {
-          const Cell vals = args(0).cell_value ();
-          const Array<std::string> fields = args(1).cellstr_value ();
-          int dim = args(2).int_value () - 1;
-          octave_idx_type ext = 0;
-
-          if (dim < 0)
-            error ("cell2struct: DIM must be a valid dimension");
+          error ("cell2struct: FIELDS must be a cell array of strings or a character matrix");
+          return retval;
+        }
+
+      const Cell vals = args(0).cell_value ();
+      const Array<std::string> fields = args(1).cellstr_value ();
+
+      octave_idx_type ext = 0;
+
+      int dim = 0;
+
+      if (nargin == 3)
+        {
+          if (args(2).is_real_scalar ())
+            {
+              dim = nargin == 2 ? 0 : args(2).int_value () - 1;
+
+              if (error_state)
+                return retval;
+            }
           else
             {
-              ext = vals.ndims () > dim ? vals.dims ()(dim) : 1;
-              if (ext != fields.numel ())
-                error ("cell2struct: number of FIELDS does not match dimension");
-            }
-
-
-          if (! error_state)
-            {
-              int nd = std::max (dim+1, vals.ndims ());
-              // result dimensions.
-              dim_vector rdv = vals.dims ().redim (nd);
-
-              assert (ext == rdv(dim));
-              if (nd == 2)
-                {
-                  rdv(0) = rdv(1-dim);
-                  rdv(1) = 1;
-                }
-              else
-                {
-                  for (int i =  dim + 1; i < nd; i++)
-                    rdv(i-1) = rdv(i);
-
-                  rdv.resize (nd-1);
-                }
-
-              octave_map map (rdv);
-              Array<idx_vector> ia (dim_vector (nd, 1), idx_vector::colon);
-
-              for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < ext; i++)
-                {
-                  ia(dim) = i;
-                  map.setfield (fields(i), vals.index (ia).reshape (rdv));
-                }
-
-              retval = map;
+              error ("cell2struct: DIM must be a real scalar");
+              return retval;
             }
         }
+
+      if (dim < 0)
+        {
+          error ("cell2struct: DIM must be a valid dimension");
+          return retval;
+        }
+
+      ext = vals.ndims () > dim ? vals.dims ()(dim) : 1;
+
+      if (ext != fields.numel ())
+        {
+          error ("cell2struct: number of FIELDS does not match dimension");
+          return retval;
+        }
+
+      int nd = std::max (dim+1, vals.ndims ());
+      // result dimensions.
+      dim_vector rdv = vals.dims ().redim (nd);
+
+      assert (ext == rdv(dim));
+      if (nd == 2)
+        {
+          rdv(0) = rdv(1-dim);
+          rdv(1) = 1;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          for (int i =  dim + 1; i < nd; i++)
+            rdv(i-1) = rdv(i);
+
+          rdv.resize (nd-1);
+        }
+
+      octave_map map (rdv);
+      Array<idx_vector> ia (dim_vector (nd, 1), idx_vector::colon);
+
+      for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < ext; i++)
+        {
+          ia(dim) = i;
+          map.setfield (fields(i), vals.index (ia).reshape (rdv));
+        }
+
+      retval = map;
     }
   else
     print_usage ();
@@ -2122,6 +2147,8 @@
 %!  assert (s, t);
 %!  assert (struct2cell (s), vals');
 %!  assert (fieldnames (s), keys');
+
+%!assert (cell2struct ({1; 2}, {"a"; "b"}), struct ("a", 1, "b", 2));
 */