Installation guide

3 Running Functions — Command Window and History
Enable in Editor/Debugger. Selectthecheckboxtousetabcompletion
when typing functions in the Editor/D ebug ger. Cle ar the check b ox if you do
not want to use the tab completion feature. In that event, when you press
the Tab key, MATLAB moves the cursor to the next tab stop rather than
completing a function — see also in the online documentation.
Ta b key narrows completions. Select this check box to narrow the list of
possible completi on s shown by typing another character and pressing Tab.
For details, see “Narrowing Completions Shown” on page 3-23.
Tabs and Indents
Thelinksgotothepaneswhereyoucanviewandsetpreferencesfor
• Tab key size in the Command Window, which is used when the tab
completion preference is not set
• Tab key size and indenting preferences in the Editor/Debugger
Delimiter Matching
To set these preferences, select File > Preferenc es > Keyboard > De lim iter
Matching . These preferences apply to the C ommand Window and the
Editor/Debugger.
With these preferences selected, MATLAB alerts you to matched a nd
unmatched delimiters based on the MATLAB language syntax rules. For
example, when you type a parenthesis or another delimiter, MATLAB
highlights the matched parenthesis or delimiter in the pair.
Delimiter pairs are parentheses ( ), brackets [ ], and braces { }. For the
Editor/Debugger , paired language keywords are also matched. Paired
language keywords include
for, if, while, else,andend statements.
In the following illustration, MATLAB underlines the left parenthesis in the
pair when you move over the right parenthesis using an arrow key.
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