## Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## Set the current colormap.
##
## colormap (map) sets the current colormap to map.  map should be an n
## row by 3 column matrix. The columns contain red, green, and blue
## intensities respectively.  All entries should be between 0 and 1
## inclusive. The new colormap is returned.
##
## colormap ("default") restores the default colormap (a gray scale
## colormap with 64 entries). The default colormap is returned.
##
## colormap with no arguments returns the current colormap.

## Author: Tony Richardson <amr@mpl.ucsd.edu>
## Created: July 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe

function cmap = colormap (map)

  global __current_color_map__ = gray ();

  if (nargin > 1)
    usage ("colormap (map)");
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    if (isstr (map))
      if (strcmp (map, "default"))
        __current_color_map__ = gray ();
      else
        error ("invalid argument");
      endif
    else
      ## Set the new color map
      __current_color_map__ = map;
    endif
  endif

  ## Return current color map.

  cmap = __current_color_map__;

endfunction
