MathWorks MATLAB® and GNU Emacs integration:
- matlab-mode for editing *.m files.
- Edit MATLAB code with syntax highlighting and smart indentation.
- Lint MATLAB code with fix-it’s using the MATLAB Code Analyzer.
M-x matlab-shell
for running and debugging MATLAB within Emacs (Unix-only).- matlab-shell uses company-mode for completions.
- tlc-mode for editing *.tlc files. The Target Language Compiler (TLC) part of Simulink® Coder™.
Installing via MELPA is recommended because MELPA will contain the latest validated release.
Add to your ~/.emacs
:
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)
then run
M-x RET package-list-packages RET
Build:
cd /path/to/Emacs-MATLAB-mode
# Build lisp and run tests (requires MATLAB executable):
make
# Alternatively, build lisp and run tests using a specific MATLAB executable:
make MATLAB_EXE=/path/to/matlab
# If desired, you can separate the building of lisp and running tests using:
make lisp
make tests
make tests MATLAB_EXE=/path/to/matlab # if using a specific MATLAB executable
Add the following to your ~/.emacs
file:
(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/Emacs-MATLAB-mode")
(load-library "matlab-load")
MathWorks Products (https://www.mathworks.com)
Emacs MATLAB-mode is designed to be compatible with the last six years of MathWorks products and may support even older versions of MathWorks products.
GPL3, https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html (see License.txt)
You can configure matlab-emacs using the “matlab” or “matlab-shell” customization groups:
Emacs -> Options -> Customize Emacs -> Specific Group
By default when you run
M-x matlab-shell
:
>> edit file.m
file.m will open in emacs using ‘emacsclient -n’. matlab-shell achieve this behavior by instructing MATLAB to use ‘emacsclient -n’ as the external text editor.
You can customize this by setting `matlab-shell-emacsclient-command’ in the matlab-shell customization group. You can change this command to what’s appropriate. If you set it to the empty string, ‘edit file.m’ will use the default MATLAB editor setting.
The default MATLAB editor setting is controlled in the MATLAB preferences, (e.g. R2018a Home tab, Environment section, Preferences) where you can select which editor you want to edit a text file. MATLAB Editor or an external text editor. If you always want to use Emacs as your matlab editor even when running MATLAB outside of emacs, select Text editor and set it to the appropriate ‘emacsclient -n’ command.
matlab-mode has a history dating back many years. Older contributions can be found in https://sourceforge.net/projects/matlab-emacs/.