I recently had a customer ask me how to make his mex files have correct syntax highlighting. He had a file type that was not specified in our default preferences. This is very easy to fix using… read more >>

A while back, I asked you to send us screenshots of your Desktop layout. I got a lot of responses (possibly due to the bribe I offered of t-shirts) and the team was very excited to get to see our… read more >>

In a recent post, Kristin described a lightweight way to search in the history and the file browser. The Command Window and the Editor also have a lightweight way to look for items. It’s called… read more >>

When you come across an especially useful documentation page in the Help browser, you may want to share it with your friends and colleagues. In R2007a, we added a feature that will provide you with… read more >>

Sometimes when I am working on a large project with many files and lot of figure windows open, things start to look like a mess. The last thing I want to do it open a web browser to search for… read more >>

Typing several commands to run at the command line can be tedious and hard to read. After typing in several long commands, the text scrolls way over and it is hard to see exactly what has been… read more >>

When you are done working with a “document” (M-File in the Editor, variable in the Array Editor, docked Figure, etc.) MATLAB offers a plethora of ways to close it:

You can select File->Close my… read more >>

I quite often get asked how to print out hyperlinks to the Command Window. It’s really easy! The Command Window accepts <a href tags that contain valid links. Valid links contain http://… read more >>

Getting started writing an M-file can be difficult sometimes. It’s akin to writing a term paper. That first bit is always difficult to write.
Often when I am writing M code, I start in the… read more >>

When I am working on code, I find that I often need to move back and forth between two places in the code – sometimes several places in the code. The best way to do this in MATLAB is with… read more >>