I’ve run into this one a couple of times so far, so I thought it might be good to post the solution :-) In OS X, with Matlab versions R2008b, R2008a, R2007b and R2007a, a Java update on the system may have made the cursor in the text editor not align with the text: you align the cursor with a character, hit delete, and a character several spaces over goes away. VERY annoying. Mathworks has a patch to fix this, available at http://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/details.html?rp=495091 (you’ll [snip...]
I was working with a grad student this weekend to take advantage of compute resources effectively, and one of the questions that came up was how run Matlab non-interactively as well as persistently.
To run Matlab persistently (so it doesn’t die when you log out), “screen” can be used as described at this link.
To run Matlab non-interactively, I found a concise and useful page with instructions and explanations: http://people.scs.fsu.edu/~burkardt/m_src/matlab_batch/matlab_batch.html .
Here’s an interesting new add-on that easily allows you to do just about anything you can imagine with text highlighted in Firefox. Simply highlight your text and up pops a hand menu with a plethora of options to look up, translate, convert, email, copy, print, blog, format, and otherwise use that text. This concept may at first seem simple, but it turns out to be surprisingly powerful. Perhaps the best way to appreciate it is to view a short demo or [snip...]
After an operating system like XP has been out for — what is it now? 17 years? — it can seem as though all the great little tricks and tips have been exposed. Well, it can seem this way to me, anyway, since I do this for a living.
But sometimes there’s a little nugget that happens to arise out of the blue making you wish you had know about it years ago. To wit:
When copying a folder from one location to another, if any files [snip...]
There are numerous ways to look up Dartmouth community member’s phone number or email address. The one I use the most for phone numbers uses Firefox and its built-in “Smart Keywords” feature.
Setting it up is really easy, no special plug-ins are required.
First load the Dartmouth People Finder web page. (click the link to open in a new window)
Now ctrl-click or right-click the search field.
In the contextual menu, select “Add a keyword for this search…”
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