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+#! /usr/bin/env octave
+cv;
+highgui;
+
+global g;
+
+g.wndname = "Distance transform";
+g.tbarname = "Threshold";
+
+## The output images
+g.dist = 0;
+g.dist8u1 = 0;
+g.dist8u2 = 0;
+g.dist8u = 0;
+g.dist32s = 0;
+
+g.gray = 0;
+g.edge = 0;
+
+## define a trackbar callback
+function on_trackbar( edge_thresh )
+ global g;
+ global cv;
+
+ cvThreshold( g.gray, g.edge, double(edge_thresh), double(edge_thresh), cv.CV_THRESH_BINARY );
+ ## Distance transform
+ cvDistTransform( g.edge, g.dist, cv.CV_DIST_L2, cv.CV_DIST_MASK_5, [], [] );
+
+ cvConvertScale( g.dist, g.dist, 5000.0, 0 );
+ cvPow( g.dist, g.dist, 0.5 );
+
+ cvConvertScale( g.dist, g.dist32s, 1.0, 0.5 );
+ cvAndS( g.dist32s, cvScalarAll(255), g.dist32s, [] );
+ cvConvertScale( g.dist32s, g.dist8u1, 1, 0 );
+ cvConvertScale( g.dist32s, g.dist32s, -1, 0 );
+ cvAddS( g.dist32s, cvScalarAll(255), g.dist32s, [] );
+ cvConvertScale( g.dist32s, g.dist8u2, 1, 0 );
+ cvMerge( g.dist8u1, g.dist8u2, g.dist8u2, [], g.dist8u );
+ cvShowImage( g.wndname, g.dist8u );
+endfunction
+
+
+edge_thresh = 100;
+
+filename = "../c/stuff.jpg";
+if (size(argv, 1) > 1)
+ filename = argv(){1};
+endif
+
+g.gray = cvLoadImage( filename, 0 );
+if (!swig_this(g.gray))
+ printf("Failed to load %s\n",filename);
+ exit(-1);
+endif
+
+## Create the output image
+g.dist = cvCreateImage( cvSize(g.gray.width,g.gray.height), IPL_DEPTH_32F, 1 );
+g.dist8u1 = cvCloneImage( g.gray );
+g.dist8u2 = cvCloneImage( g.gray );
+g.dist8u = cvCreateImage( cvSize(g.gray.width,g.gray.height), IPL_DEPTH_8U, 3 );
+g.dist32s = cvCreateImage( cvSize(g.gray.width,g.gray.height), IPL_DEPTH_32S, 1 );
+
+## Convert to grayscale
+g.edge = cvCloneImage( g.gray );
+
+## Create a window
+cvNamedWindow( g.wndname, 1 );
+
+## create a toolbar
+cvCreateTrackbar( g.tbarname, g.wndname, edge_thresh, 255, @on_trackbar );
+
+## Show the image
+on_trackbar(edge_thresh);
+
+## Wait for a key stroke; the same function arranges events processing
+cvWaitKey(0);