From: Sridhar Mahadevan on

Can anyone tell me how to turn on Emacs key bindings in the MATLAB editor
in R2010a? For some reason, this release disables the menu options that have
been always available in previous releases. There is a partial fix to restore emacs key bindings on the command line argument, but that does not cover the MATLAB editor.

If someone in Mathworks is listening, can we get this option restored please in future releases?
From: Steven Lord on

"Sridhar Mahadevan" <mahadeva(a)cs.umass.edu> wrote in message
news:htdsu1$km9$1(a)fred.mathworks.com...
>
> Can anyone tell me how to turn on Emacs key bindings in the MATLAB editor
> in R2010a? For some reason, this release disables the menu options that
> have
> been always available in previous releases. There is a partial fix to
> restore emacs key bindings on the command line argument, but that does not
> cover the MATLAB editor.

Are you sure?

http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/28/configurable-keyboard-shortcuts-have-arrived/

On both Windows and UNIX, Emacs Default Set is listed as an option in the
Keyboard preference in the documentation:

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/matlab_env/br9elah.html

If you're using a Mac, then quoting from the blog posting I linked to above:

"The Windows and Emacs sets are both available on non-Macintosh platforms,
but the Macintosh Default Set is only available on Macintosh due to the
usage of the Command key. In addition to our new default sets, we also ship
a set representing the default keyboard shortcuts in R2009a, specific to the
platform on which you are running."

> If someone in Mathworks is listening, can we get this option restored
> please in future releases?

Submit this as a bug report or enhancement request through Technical
Support.

--
Steve Lord
slord(a)mathworks.com
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To contact Technical Support use the Contact Us link on
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From: Sridhar Mahadevan on
"Steven Lord" <slord(a)mathworks.com> wrote in message <htdu7c$gku$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...

> Are you sure?

Yes, on my Mac laptop or desktop, enabling the 2009a key bindings does not restore the Emacs key bindings in the MATLAB editor. Since this option is now disabled in the menus, I see no obvious way to restore Emacs key bindings (short of using an Emacs editor, which I don't want to do since I prefer using the MATLAB editor).

>
> http://blogs.mathworks.com/desktop/2009/09/28/configurable-keyboard-shortcuts-have-arrived/
>
> On both Windows and UNIX, Emacs Default Set is listed as an option in the
> Keyboard preference in the documentation:
>
> http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/matlab_env/br9elah.html
>
> If you're using a Mac, then quoting from the blog posting I linked to above:
>
> "The Windows and Emacs sets are both available on non-Macintosh platforms,
> but the Macintosh Default Set is only available on Macintosh due to the
> usage of the Command key. In addition to our new default sets, we also ship
> a set representing the default keyboard shortcuts in R2009a, specific to the
> platform on which you are running."
>
> > If someone in Mathworks is listening, can we get this option restored
> > please in future releases?
>
> Submit this as a bug report or enhancement request through Technical
> Support.
>
> --
> Steve Lord
> slord(a)mathworks.com
> comp.soft-sys.matlab (CSSM) FAQ: http://matlabwiki.mathworks.com/MATLAB_FAQ
> To contact Technical Support use the Contact Us link on
> http://www.mathworks.com
>