Installation guide

Colors Preferences for Desktop Tools
Gray Backgr
ound Color
For some UNIX platforms, there is a g ray background color for desktop tools,
such as the Editor/Debugger. This occurs when the preference for Desktop
tool colors is set to Use system colors, and the system’s w indow manager
uses gray as the background color default. To change the color, clear the check
box for Use system colors and then select a new Background color from
the palette.
Syntax Highlighting Colors
In the C omm and Window, Command History, Editor/Debugger, and Shortcuts
callback area, M ATLAB conveys syntax information via different colors to
help you easily identify elements, such as
if/else statements.Thisisknown
as syntax highlighting.
In the Command Window, only the input y ou type is highlighted; output from
running MATLAB functions is not highlighted. In the Editor/Debugger, you
can s pecify syntax highlighting pref erence s for use with files in M, C/C++,
Java, and HTML. For details, click the Help button in the Preferences
dialog box fo r th e Editor/Debugger to se e Language Preferences in the online
documentation.
Use preferences to specify the syntax highlighting colors. When you choose a
color, the Sample area in the dialog box updates to show you how it will look.
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