Re: patch for "area" when parent is not an axes object

[David Bateman]

Michael Goffioul wrote:
> Index: scripts/plot/patch.m
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/octave/scripts/plot/patch.m,v
> retrieving revision 1.7
> diff -c -p -r1.7 patch.m
> *** scripts/plot/patch.m        9 Nov 2007 16:59:43 -0000       1.7
> --- scripts/plot/patch.m        14 Nov 2007 09:30:23 -0000
> *************** function h = patch (varargin)
> *** 38,49 ****
>
>     if (isscalar (varargin{1}) && ishandle (varargin{1}))
>       h = varargin {1};
> !     if (! strcmp (get (h, "type"), "axes"))
> !       error ("patch: expecting first argument to be an axes object");
>       endif
>       oldh = gca ();
>       unwind_protect
> !       axes (h);
>         [tmp, fail] = __patch__ (h, varargin{2:end});
>       unwind_protect_cleanup
>         axes (oldh);
> --- 38,49 ----
>
>     if (isscalar (varargin{1}) && ishandle (varargin{1}))
>       h = varargin {1};
> !     if (! strcmp (get (h, "type"), "axes") && ! strcmp (get (h,
> "type"), "hggroup"))
> !       error ("patch: expecting first argument to be an axes or
> hggroup object");
>       endif
>       oldh = gca ();
>       unwind_protect
> !       axes (ancestor (h, "axes"));
>         [tmp, fail] = __patch__ (h, varargin{2:end});
>       unwind_protect_cleanup
>         axes (oldh);
>
>   
Hey, we've started adding hggroups :-) .... Seriously, this won't hurt,
and we want to add them eventually, so I see no issue with a reference
to an hggroup in patch.m

D.

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