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created July 30, 2012 · complexity basic · version 7.0
I added the following to my vimrc to be able to run a Matlab script by pressing F5 (with Shift-F6 you run Matlab in a terminal):
" The matlab Connection
nnoremap <F5> :call MatlabRun()<CR><CR>
nnoremap <S-F6> :call RunMatlab()<CR><CR>
function! MatlabRun()
execute "w"
execute "!matlab-ctrl.py \"". expand("%:r") . "\""
endfunction
function! RunMatlab()
execute "w"
call system("matlab-launch.sh \"" . expand("%:r") . "\"")
endfunction
I have the following scripts in my $PATH:
matlab-ctrl.py
#!/usr/bin/python2
from subprocess import call
from subprocess import check_output
import sys
wcmd = ["xdotool","search","--name","MatlabT"]
w = check_output(wcmd)
w = w.replace('\n','')
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
s = sys.argv[1]
cmd = ["xdotool","key","--window",w]
for i in range(len(s)):
cmd.append(s[i])
cmd.append("Return")
call(cmd)
matlab-launch.sh
#!/bin/bash
texfile="$1"
terminal -e "/opt/MATLAB/R2011a/bin/matlab -r clc -nosplash -nodesktop" -T MatlabT --hide-menubar &> /dev/null &
# try to return focus to GVIM
xdotool search --class --name "${texfile}.*GVIM" windowactivate &>/dev/null
exit 0
