gshow key

[Ben Sapp]

Is there any way to record in an Octave variable the current state of
gnuplot's key variable?   I would like to do the following in a script:

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record key state;
make key state what I need for next plot;
restore old key state;  
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My first attempt looked like this:
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octave:13> key_state = eval("gshow key")
error: value on right hand side of assignment is undefined
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 13, column 11

        key is ON, position: top right corner
        key is right justified, not reversed and not boxed
        sample length is 4 characters
        vertical spacing is 1 characters
        width adjustment is 0 characters
        key title is ""

octave:13> key_state
error: `key_state' undefined near line 13 column 1
octave:13> 
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Thanks.  

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Ben Sapp                         Los Alamos National Laboratory
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