Desktop Tools and Development Environment

Preferences for the Current Directory Browser

Using preferences, you can specify the number of recently used current directories to maintain in the history list as well as the type of information to display in the Current Directory browser.

From the Current Directory browser File menu, select Preferences. The Current Directory Preferences pane appears in the Preferences dialog box.

History

The dropdown list in the current directory field shows the history of current directories, that is, the most recently used current directories.

Saving Directories.   When the MATLAB session ends, the list of directories will be maintained. Use the Save most recent directories field to specify how many directories will appear on the list at the start of the next MATLAB session.

Removing Directories.   To remove all entries in the list, click Clear History. The list is cleared immediately.

Browser Display Options

In the Current Directory browser, you can view or hide the following information by selecting the appropriate Browser display options:

• File type
• File size
• Last modified date
• M-file descriptions (the first comment line in the M-file, also called the H1 line) and the start of MDL file descriptions (approximately the first 128 characters)
• M-file help, MDL complete descriptions, and MAT-file contents

For more information, see Changing the Display.

Auto-Refresh

By default, the Auto-refresh directory view check box is selected, with an update time of 2 seconds. This means that every 2 seconds, the Current Directory browser checks for and reflects any changes you made to files and directories in the current directory using other applications.

In some cases when the current directory is on a network, MATLAB becomes slow because of the auto-refresh feature in the Current Directory browser. If you experience general slowness in MATLAB and have the Current Directory browser open, try increasing the default update time to alleviate this problem. For extremely slow performance situations, clear the check box to turn auto-refresh off. You can then right-click and select Refresh from the context menu to update the Current Directory browser display.

Accessing Source Control Features

Editing and Debugging M-Files

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