Comments on: Hanging out at the Document Bar http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/ Mike works on the MATLAB Desktop team Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-7794 Mike Fri, 20 May 2011 12:24:22 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-7794 @Stephen, We are probably not going to introduce what you're looking for any time soon. I can't comment on any ongoing work, but we plan to address the context-switching pain in a future version. In the meantime, if you have MATLAB R2011a, I have posted an <a href="http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2011/05/16/matlab-editor-api-examples/" rel="nofollow">example</a> this week on using the Editor API to open/close sets of files programmatically. You can use this a starting point to create your own "open file set" switch. @Stephen,
We are probably not going to introduce what you’re looking for any time soon. I can’t comment on any ongoing work, but we plan to address the context-switching pain in a future version.

In the meantime, if you have MATLAB R2011a, I have posted an example this week on using the Editor API to open/close sets of files programmatically. You can use this a starting point to create your own “open file set” switch.

]]> By: Stephen http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-7793 Stephen Fri, 20 May 2011 03:22:02 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-7793 Forgive me if this has already been addressed, I haven't searched too hard for the answer. But I see my question quite precisely stated within Tyson's remark above. Since this part of the thread is ~3.5 years old now, one would hope it has been addressed, but since I'm using a substantially newer version of Matlab than was available then, it seems to have not been addressed. My question: When will a project code folder mechanism be available within the Matlab Editor Document Bar? I too, work on many files simultaneously within a project, and have to switch between projects quite often, and don't like a cluttered bar. Further, when Matlab crashes and all tabs are closed, it makes recovering the pre-crash state quite slow. Especially with files that were open being distributed far and wide on the tree. So I cast my question into the internet sea. Hopefully it won't get lost. Otherwise, a big thanks to the Mathworks team for putting out such a great product! Forgive me if this has already been addressed, I haven’t searched too hard for the answer. But I see my question quite precisely stated within Tyson’s remark above. Since this part of the thread is ~3.5 years old now, one would hope it has been addressed, but since I’m using a substantially newer version of Matlab than was available then, it seems to have not been addressed.

My question:
When will a project code folder mechanism be available within the Matlab Editor Document Bar?

I too, work on many files simultaneously within a project, and have to switch between projects quite often, and don’t like a cluttered bar. Further, when Matlab crashes and all tabs are closed, it makes recovering the pre-crash state quite slow. Especially with files that were open being distributed far and wide on the tree.

So I cast my question into the internet sea. Hopefully it won’t get lost.

Otherwise, a big thanks to the Mathworks team for putting out such a great product!

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-7405 Mike Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:35:25 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-7405 @Nate, Do you have multiple copies of the same version of MATLAB running? The mechanism that saves/restores desktop state isn't really designed for that scenario. @Nate,
Do you have multiple copies of the same version of MATLAB running? The mechanism that saves/restores desktop state isn’t really designed for that scenario.

]]> By: Nate http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-7399 Nate Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:32:18 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-7399 I regularly use the document bar, and often have 30-50 files open at a time. However, a problem I have is occasionally when matlab crashes, when I open it again, it has cleared the document bar history. However, since I'm often running multiple copies of matlab, I almost always have another copy that still has the 30+ files in the document bar. It would be nice to have a feature where the document bar can be re-saved. I regularly use the document bar, and often have 30-50 files open at a time. However, a problem I have is occasionally when matlab crashes, when I open it again, it has cleared the document bar history. However, since I’m often running multiple copies of matlab, I almost always have another copy that still has the 30+ files in the document bar. It would be nice to have a feature where the document bar can be re-saved.

]]> By: Ken http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-984 Ken Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:05:01 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-984 Hey Tyson, I too like an uncluttered work area, so I definitely identify with your pain! We're currently working on a feature that would support working in this project-centric manner, where files can be grouped by you, inferring some relation among them. Most IDEs offer some sort of project facility - in fact, most IDEs force you to have a project. MATLAB has been different in that many people want to simply explore their data without having to deal with the overhead of a project mechanism. But, there are equally many people now who wish to use MATLAB in a more structured form. Your point is well received Tyson! -Ken Hey Tyson,

I too like an uncluttered work area, so I definitely identify with your pain! We’re currently working on a feature that would support working in this project-centric manner, where files can be grouped by you, inferring some relation among them.

Most IDEs offer some sort of project facility – in fact, most IDEs force you to have a project. MATLAB has been different in that many people want to simply explore their data without having to deal with the overhead of a project mechanism. But, there are equally many people now who wish to use MATLAB in a more structured form.

Your point is well received Tyson!

-Ken

]]> By: tyson Aflalo http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-971 tyson Aflalo Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:35:10 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2007/09/24/hanging-out-at-the-document-bar/#comment-971 I end up working on several projects at once and for each project I will have 10+ functions that I am working on. I don't like the Document Bar to be too clustered so I normally try to only have the function of the current project open. It would be great if there was some way of quickly saving out and being able to re-access a group of functions at a time. eg one could imagine right clicking the document bar and getting the option of saving out this list of funcitons or loading a previously saved list of functions. I end up working on several projects at once and for each project I will have 10+ functions that I am working on. I don’t like the Document Bar to be too clustered so I normally try to only have the function of the current project open. It would be great if there was some way of quickly saving out and being able to re-access a group of functions at a time. eg one could imagine right clicking the document bar and getting the option of saving out this list of funcitons or loading a previously saved list of functions.

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