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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{map_out} =} brighten (@var{map}, @var{beta})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{map_out} =} brighten (@var{h}, @var{beta})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{map_out} =} brighten (@var{beta})
## Darkens or brightens the given colormap. If the @var{map} argument 
## is omitted, the function is applied to the current colormap. The first
## argument can also be a valid graphics handle @var{h}, in which case 
## @code{brighten} is applied to the colormap associated with this handle.
##
## Should the resulting colormap @var{map_out} not be assigned, it will be
## written to the current colormap.
##
## The argument @var{beta} should be a scalar between -1 and 1,
## where a negative value darkens and a positive value brightens
## the colormap.
## @seealso{colormap}
## @end deftypefn

function Rmap = brighten (m, beta)
  h = -1;
  if (nargin == 1)
    beta = m;
    m = colormap;
    h = gcf ();
  elseif (nargin == 2)
    if (ishandle (m))
      h = m;
      m = get (h, "colormap");
    elseif ((!is_matrix (m)) || (size (m, 2) != 3))
      error ("First argument must be a matrix of size nx3 or a handle.");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if ( (!isscalar (beta)) || (beta <= -1) || (beta >= 1) )
    error ("brighten(...,beta) beta must be a scalar in the range (-1,1).");
  endif

  if (beta > 0)
    gamma = 1 - beta;
  else
    gamma = 1 / (1 + beta);
  endif

  if (nargout == 0)
    if (ishandle (h))
      set (h, "colormap", m .^ gamma);
    else
      colormap (m .^ gamma);
    endif
  else
    Rmap = m .^ gamma;
  endif

endfunction
