Development Environment

Keyboard and Indenting Preferences for the Command Window

Command line key bindings

Specify the shortcuts to be used at the command line.

• Emacs (MATLAB standard)--Use the control keys listed in Tab Completion, which should be familiar to existing MATLAB users and Emacs users. For example, Ctrl+A moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.
• Windows--Use Windows standard control keys. For example, Ctrl+A selects entire contents of the Command Window.

Tab key

• Tab size--Number of spaces assigned to a tab stop when displaying output.
• Enable up to n tab completions--Check the box if you want to use tab completion when typing functions in the Command Window. Then enter a limit in the edit box. For example, if you enter 10, when you use the tab completion feature, MATLAB displays the list of possible completions if there are 10 or less. If there are more than 10, MATLAB displays a message stating there are more than 10 completions.

• Uncheck the box if you do not want to use the tab completion feature. MATLAB moves the cursor to the next tab stop when you press the Tab key, rather than completing a function.

Parentheses Matching Preferences

MATLAB alerts you to matches and mismatches in pairs of delimiters, that is, in parentheses ( ), brackets [ ], and braces { }, based upon the MATLAB language syntax rules.

Match parentheses while typing.   Check the box if you want to be alerted to matches and mismatches in pairs of delimiters as you type them. Then choose how you want MATLAB to alert you to matches using Show match with. When you type a closing delimiter, MATLAB alerts you based on the option you choose:

• Balance--The cursor briefly moves to and highlights the matching delimiter.
• Underline--The delimiter you typed and its match are underlined briefly.
• Highlight--The delimiter you typed and its match are highlighted briefly.
• Bold--The delimiter you typed and its match are both bolded briefly.

Also choose how you want MATLAB to alert you to mismatches using Show mismatch with. When you type a closing delimiter that does not have an opening match, MATLAB alerts you based on the option you choose:

• Beep--MATLAB beeps.
• Strikethrough--The delimiter you typed is briefly crossed out.
• Gray--The delimiter you typed is briefly grayed out.
• None--There is no action.

Match parentheses on arrow key movement.   Check the box if you want to be alerted to matches and mismatches in pairs of delimiters when you move the cursor over a delimiter using forward and back arrow keys. Then choose how you want MATLAB to alert you to matches using Show match with. When you move the cursor over a closing (or opening) delimiter, MATLAB alerts you based on the option you choose:

• Underline--Both delimiters in the pair are underlined briefly.
• Highlight--Both delimiters in the pair are highlighted briefly.
• Bold--Both delimiters in the pair are bolded briefly.

Also choose how you want MATLAB to alert you to mismatches using Show mismatch with. When you move the cursor over a delimiter that does not have a match, MATLAB alerts you based on the option you choose:

• Beep--MATLAB beeps.
• Strikethrough--The delimiter is briefly crossed out.
• Gray--The delimeter briefly appears in gray.
• None--There is no alert.

Font & Colors Preferences for the Command Window

Command History