## Copyright (C) 2013-2016 John Donoghue
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {} preferences
## Display the GUI preferences dialog window for Octave.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: John Donoghue

function preferences ()

  if (isguirunning ())
    __octave_link_show_preferences__ ();
  else
    warning ("preferences: GUI must be running to use preferences dialog");
  endif

endfunction


%!test
%! if (isguirunning ())
%!   return;
%! endif
%! fail ("preferences ()", "warning", "GUI must be running");

