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https://github.com/gimly/vscode-matlab
MATLAB support for Visual Studio Code
https://github.com/gimly/vscode-matlab
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MATLAB support for Visual Studio Code
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/gimly/vscode-matlab
- Owner: Gimly
- License: mit
- Created: 2015-11-24T16:21:00.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-04-26T19:23:16.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-16T08:11:59.902Z (15 days ago)
- Topics: extension, hacktoberfest, language, matlab, snippets, visual-studio-code
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 431 KB
- Stars: 180
- Watchers: 10
- Forks: 35
- Open Issues: 43
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
# MATLAB for Visual Studio Code
## News
As I mentioned previously in GitHub's issues, managing this extension has become a challenge for me due to time constraints, despite the numerous contributions from users that have added functionalities and improved it over the years. I have been lagging to release new versions and add improvements.
A few months ago, I was contacted by a team at Mathworks who expressed interest in the extension due to its popularity. They decided to create their own version with a better architecture and easier integration with Matlab, which I believe will benefit the user community. I appreciate the Mathworks team's interest and their kind and patient communication.
You can read their official announcement of this release here: https://blogs.mathworks.com/matlab/2023/04/26/do-you-use-visual-studio-code-matlab-is-now-there-too/
For those who have been using this extension, I regret to inform you that I will not be able to continue maintaining it due to my limited availability and will mark it as deprecated. I suggest that you migrate to the MathWorks official extension, which is now available and provides a better solution (see https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MathWorks.language-matlab).
Finally, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who has contributed to this extension over the years. I am humbled by its popularity and recognize that it would not have been possible without your valuable contributions. The MathWorks extension continues to be open source and welcomes contributions on their [GitHub repository](https://github.com/mathworks/matlab-extension-for-vscode).
## Description
This extension adds language support for MATLAB to Visual Studio Code.
[](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Gimly81.matlab)
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# Main features
## Colorization
(imported from [MathWorks TextMate grammar](https://github.com/mathworks/MATLAB-Language-grammar))
## Snippets
(Translated from TextMate's snippets)
## Code Checking
Uses *mlint* for checking the MATLAB code for problems on save.
## Usage
### Install the extension in VS Code
* Open the command palette using `Ctrl+Shift+P`
* Type `ext install Matlab` in the command palette
### Select MATLAB as a language
* On the bottom-right corner, click on the *select language mode* button, if you have created a new file it should display *Plain Text*
* Select *MATLAB* in the list of languages.
Alternatively, saving the file with a `.m` extension, will allow VS Code to understand that it is a MATLAB file, and automatically select the language correctly.
### Using snippets
* Bring-up the *autocomplete* menu by hitting the `Ctrl+Shift` key combination
* Select the snippet that you want to use in the list
* Use `tab` to navigate through the snippet's variables
### Setting-up linter
* Open the *User Settings* by going to *File*>*Preferences*>*User Settings*
* On the right pane, where you have the *settings.json* file open, add to the json file.
`"matlab.mlintpath" : "path to your mlint.exe file"`
For example, on a PC :
`"matlab.mlintpath": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MATLAB\\R20XXY\\bin\\win32\\mlint.exe"`
And on a Mac :
`"matlab.mlintpath": "/Applications/MATLAB_R20XXY.app/bin/maci64/mlint"`
And on Linux:
`"matlab.mlintpath": "/usr/local/MATLAB/R20XXY/bin/glnxa64/mlint"`
* Save your *settings.json* file
* Now, when you open a Matlab document (*.m*), VS Code displays warnings and errors.
**Remark:** If you don't want the *lint on save* option and you want to remove the error message being displayed when the extension activates, change the `matlab.lintOnSave` option in the settings file to `False`.
#### Setting the linter configuration
By adding `"matlab.linterConfig" : "path-to-linter-config-file"` to your VSCode configuration file, you can pass a configuration file to the mlint call. Check [Matlab's documentation](https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/mlint.html) to create this configuration file.
#### Setting the linter encoding
For some languages, like Chinese, the return of the linter is not using the default utf-8 encoding, but a different encoding (gb2312 for Chinese). If the linting doesn't show correctly, change the `matlab.linterEncoding` to the encoding used by your Windows console. For example, if your Windows is installed in Chinese, add `"matlab.linterEncoding" : "gb2312"` to your settings.json.
### Changing the default file association
Visual Studio Code's default file association for `.m` files is _Objective-C_, if you want to set up the default file association to be Matlab go to the Users preference (*File*>*Preferences*>*User Settings*) and add the following line:
```
"files.associations": {"*.m": "matlab"}
```
### Changing the default file encoding
MATLAB default file encoding is not utf-8, but Visual Studio Code is using utf-8 as default. The following setting specifies the default encoding for MATLAB files in Visual Studio Code:
````
"[matlab]": { "files.encoding": "windows1252" }
````