TABLE OF CONTENTS With MATLAB 7 the MATLAB user interface has again undergone extensive modernization, which really makes using this tool substantially easier to use, both in the interactive mode and for developing programs (see Section 1.7). In this section these capabilities will be elucidated further. Of course, we cannot give the reader a complete overview of the manifold capabilities of the desktop. That would go beyond the scope of this book.
Just a few of the basic principles will be discussed.
Basically, the most varied capabilities involve addressing or setting up the MATLAB user interface (see Fig.1.1).
In general, the functions of the user interface can be selected by
choosing the appropriate menu entry using the mouse,
choosing the appropriate icons in the icon toolbar using the mouse, so-called shortcuts, and
selection within a context menu (i.e., by right-clicking the mouse in the current working window).
Beyond this, many functions can also be called by entering appropriate MATLAB commands in the command window.
The first two possibilities for choosing functions are standard in every Windows application and need not be elaborated further here.
As for shortcuts, a distinction must first be made between the so-called keyboard shortcuts and MATLAB shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts are standard in every Windows application. They are key combinations that set up a given functionality in the user interface. The best known and most used representatives of this class are Control-C and Control-V for...
