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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>twinkle</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>April 2004</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="twinkle"> is used to have a graphics entity twinkle</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>twinkle(h,[n]) </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <PARAM>
    <PARAM_INDENT>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>h</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: handle of a graphics entity.</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>n</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: integer.</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
    </PARAM_INDENT>
  </PARAM>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P><VERB>twinkle</VERB> let the graphics entity given by its handle <VERB>h</VERB> twinkle. It can be used to
    find the graphics object corresponding to a graphics handle in the graphics window. By default the graphics
    entity twinkles 5 times, but you can change this by using optional argument <VERB>n</VERB>.
    </P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <EXAMPLE>
<![CDATA[
x=linspace(-2*%pi,2*%pi,100)';
plot2d(x,[sin(x),cos(x)]);
e=gce(); p1=e.children(1); p2=e.children(2);
// cos plot twinkle
twinkle(p1)
// sin plot twinkle 10 times
twinkle(p2,10)
// axes twinkle
twinkle(gca())
 ]]>
  </EXAMPLE>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>graphics_entities</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
</MAN>
