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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {} shg
## Show the graph window.
##
## This function makes the current figure visible, and places it on top of
## of all other plot windows.
##
## Programming Note: @code{shg} is equivalent to @code{figure (gcf)} assuming
## that a current figure exists.
## @seealso{figure, drawnow, gcf}
## @end deftypefn

function shg ()

  if (nargin != 0)
    warning ("shg: ignoring extra arguments");
  endif

  hf = get (0, "currentfigure");
  if (! isempty (hf))
    set (hf, "visible", "on");
    __show_figure__ (hf);
  endif

endfunction
