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- # Copyright (C) 1995 John W. Eaton
- #
- # This file is part of Octave.
- #
- # Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
- # Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
- # later version.
- #
- # Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
- # for more details.
- #
- # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- # along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
- # Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- function [X, map] = loadimage (filename)
-
- # Load an image file.
- #
- # [X, map] = loadimage (img_file) loads an image and it's associated
- # color map from file img_file. The image must be in stored in
- # octave's image format.
- #
- # SEE ALSO: saveimage, load, save
-
- # Written by Tony Richardson (amr@mpl.ucsd.edu) July 1994.
-
- if (nargin != 1)
- usage ("loadimage (filename)");
- elseif (! isstr (filename))
- error ("loadimage: expecting filename as a string");
- endif
-
- file = file_in_path (IMAGEPATH, filename);
-
- if (isempty (file))
- error ("loadimage: unable to find image file");
- endif
-
- # XXX FIXME XXX -- file is assumed to have variables X and map.
-
- eval (['load ', file]);
-
- endfunction
-