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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>getsymbol</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>April 1993</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="getsymbol"> dialog to select a symbol and its size</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>c=getsymbol([title])  </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <PARAM>
    <PARAM_INDENT>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>title</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: string, dialog title.</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>c</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: vector of size 2 <VERB>[n,sz]</VERB>.</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
    </PARAM_INDENT>
  </PARAM>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P> Obsolete function use <LINK>getmark</LINK> or the interactive graphic
      properties editor preferabily.</P>
    <P><VERB>getsymbol</VERB> opens a dialog choice box with title <VERB>title</VERB> if
    given where the user can select a
    symbol and its size. <VERB>getsymbol</VERB> returns the id of the mark
    <VERB>n</VERB> and the id of its size <VERB>sz</VERB>.</P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>getmark</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>xset</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
</MAN>
