## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} figure (@var{n})
## Set the current plot window to plot window @var{n}.  This function
## currently requires X11 and a version of gnuplot that supports multiple
## frames.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function f = figure (n)

  static figure_list = create_set (0);
  static figure_called = 0;

  if (nargin == 0)
    f = max (figure_list) + 1;
  else
    f = n;
  endif

  if (nargin < 2)
    if (gnuplot_has_frames)
      if (! isempty (getenv ("DISPLAY")))
	oneplot ();
	figure_list = union (figure_list, f);
	eval (sprintf ("gset term x11 %d\n", f));
      else
	error ("figure: requires X11 and valid DISPLAY");
      endif
    else
      error ("figure: gnuplot doesn't appear to support this feature");
    endif
  elseif (rem (nargin, 2) == 0)
    if (! figure_called)
      figure_called = 1;
      warning ("figure: setting figure properties is unsupported");
    endif
  else
    usage ("figure (n)");
  endif

endfunction