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Matlab-Latex interface
I would like to welcome guest blogger Yaroslav Don, known to vim users as the author of the Matlab color-scheme. Today Yaroslav discusses some little-known aspects of Matlab’s support for Latex. One of...
View ArticleA couple of internal Matlab bugs and workarounds
Like any other major software package, Matlab too has its share of bugs. If you ask me, the number of known bugs in Matlab is actually very small compared to the industry standard. Posting bugs online...
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Using Java 7 in Matlab R2013a and earlier
Today I would like to introduce guest blogger Roderick, who wishes to remain anonymous. Roderick discusses his experience with setting up Matlab to use the latest stable release of Java, namely JVM...
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Waterloo graphics beta
Once again I’d like to welcome guest blogger Malcolm Lidierth of King’s College London. Malcolm has written several articles here, including a couple of articles on his Waterloo graphing library....
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Waterloo graphics animation and web deployment
Once again I’d like to welcome guest blogger Malcolm Lidierth of King’s College London. Last week Malcolm wrote about integrating the Waterloo graphing library in Matlab figures. Today, Malcolm...
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JGit-Matlab integration
I would like to introduce guest blogger Mark Mikofski, of SunPower Corp. Mark has developed the JGit4MATLAB utility, which can be used to integrate Matlab with the popular JGit open-source...
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Math libraries version info & upgrade
version is a well-known Matlab function, which displays and returns information about the installed release: >> [v,d] = version v = 8.1.0.604 (R2013a) d = February 15, 2013 >>...
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Undocumented Matlab MEX API
I would like to welcome guest blogger Pavel Holoborodko of Advanpix, maker of the Multiprecision Computing Toolbox. Today, Pavel discusses undocumented MEX functions that he encountered in his work to...
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Sparse data math info
Two weeks ago, I posted about Matlab’s math libraries and their various versions across Matlab releases. Matlab relies on the proprietary Intel MKL and AMD ACML libraries for most of its core math,...
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treeTable
Since Matlab 7.0 (R14), Matlab has included a built-in GUI table control (uitable), at first as a semi-documented function and in release 7.6 (R2008a) as a fully-documented function. Useful as this...
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Allocation performance take 2
Last week, Mike Croucher posted a very interesting article on the fact that cumprod can be used to generate a vector of powers much more quickly than the built-in .^ operator. Trying to improve on...
View ArticleFunction definition meta-info
Last week, Loren Shure posted an article explaining some documented ways to retrieve information about the type of Matlab functions. Loren basically showed how we can use a combination of the built-in...
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Variables Editor scrolling
I would like to introduce guest blogger Oleg Komarov. Oleg has gathered a reputation as a Matlab veteran with plenty of insight into the arcane corners of Matlab, originally on the CSSM newsgroup, and...
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Rich-contents log panel
I often include a log panel in Matlab applications that process data. By sending messages to the log panel, I can avoid msgbox popups and Command Window messages that interfere with the regular...
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Customizing editboxes
As a natural follow-up to last week’s article about rich-content log panels (multi-line editbox), today I discuss some additional customizations that can be done to Matlab’s editbox control.Matlab’s...
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Editbox data input validation
Last week I explained how Matlab’s editbox control can be customized using its underlying Java component. Today I extend that article by explaining how we can use this information to provide a very...
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Editable combo-box
In previous articles, I explained how we can use findjobj to customize a Matlab uicontrol’s underlying Java control, thereby improving its appearance and functionality. My two previous articles on the...
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Using JIDE combo-boxes
Continuing last week’s article on customized combo-boxes (a.k.a. popup menus or drop-downs), today I discuss how we can use JIDE‘s vast array of custom professional combo-boxes in our Matlab GUI.As...
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Draggable plot data-tips
A couple of years ago, I was asked by a client to figure out a way to make Matlab plot data-tips movable. The problem was that he had a very crowded plot and Matlab’s standard data-tips are displayed...
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Matlab numerical gotchas
In deference to Halloween, I thought of posting a short note on a couple of Matlab numerical gotchas. They are not really undocumented – in some cases they are specifically documented and in other...
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