cla() ?

[David Bateman]

Ben Abbott wrote:
> I just noticed there is no cla() function.
> 
> Over the weekend I'll add a new trivial function for gca().
> 
> I took a quick look at what delete(gca) would do.
> 
> octave-3.1.51+:79> figure(1)
> octave-3.1.51+:80> axis;
> octave-3.1.51+:81> plot(1:10)
> octave-3.1.51+:82> delete(gca)
> octave-3.1.51+:83> plot(1:10)
> error: axes: expecting argument to be axes handle
> error: called from:
> error:   /sw/share/octave/3.1.51+/m/plot/axes.m at line 54, column 7
> error: axes: expecting argument to be axes handle
> error: called from:
> error:   /sw/share/octave/3.1.51+/m/plot/axes.m at line 54, column 7
> error:   /sw/share/octave/3.1.51+/m/plot/plot.m at line 187, column 5
> octave-3.1.51+:84> gca
> ans = -67.893
> 

Congrats, it looks like you've found the bug I've been struggling with 
(though not much recently). Check the thread

http://www.nabble.com/base_graphics_backend-to19385836.html

If you do find the reason, then I'll be able to apply my plotyy/colotbar 
changes and we can get that little bit closer to a 3.2 releasew :-)

D.

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