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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {} {@var{limits} =} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn})
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{xmode} =} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, "mode")
## @deftypefnx {} {@var{xmethod} =} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, "method")
## @deftypefnx {} {} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, [@var{x_lo} @var{x_hi}])
## @deftypefnx {} {} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, "auto")
## @deftypefnx {} {} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, "manual")
## @deftypefnx {} {} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, "tickaligned")
## @deftypefnx {} {} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, "tight")
## @deftypefnx {} {} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, "padded")
## @deftypefnx {} {} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, @var{hax}, @dots{})
## @deftypefn {} {@var{old_limits} =} __axis_limits__ (@var{fcn}, @dots{})
## Internal function that implements common code to query or set the axis
## limits for a plot.
## @seealso{xlim, ylim, zlim, title}
## @end deftypefn

function retval = __axis_limits__ (fcn, varargin)

  [hax, varargin, nargin] = __plt_get_axis_arg__ (fcn, varargin{:});

  if (isempty (hax))
    hax = gca ();
  endif

  if (nargin == 0)
    retval = get (hax, fcn);
  else
    retval = [];
    arg = varargin{1};
    if (ischar (arg))
      if (strcmpi (arg, "mode"))
        retval = get (hax, [fcn "mode"]);
      elseif (strcmpi (arg, "method"))
        retval = get (hax, [fcn "itmethod"]);
      elseif (any (strcmpi (arg, {"auto", "manual"})))
        set (hax, [fcn "mode"], arg);
      elseif (any (strcmpi (arg, {"tickaligned", "tight", "padded"})))
        set (hax, [fcn "itmethod"], arg);
      else
        error ('%s: unrecognized argument "%s"', fcn, arg);
      endif
    else
      if (! isnumeric (arg) || any (size (arg(:)) != [2, 1]))
        error ("%s: LIMITS must be a 2-element vector", fcn);
      elseif (arg(1) >= arg(2))
        error ("%s: axis limits must be increasing", fcn);
      endif
      set (hax, fcn, arg(:));
    endif
  endif

endfunction
