Installation guide
5 Workspace, Search Path, and File Operations
Contents. In the Current Directory browser, select a file and then view
information about the file in the C urrent Directory browser’s lower pane. To
view this, you must first select File > Preferences > Current Directory
and under Browser display options, select the check box Show M, MDL
and MAT file contents.
Fo r an M-file, it shows the M-file help. For a Simulink model, it shows the
complete description, allowing you to view information about a model w ithout
having to start Simulink. For a MAT-file, it displays the names of its variables
along with their size, bytes, a nd class, allowing you to view the content of a
MAT-file without loading it.
You can vie w more extensive help fo r the M-file selected in the Current
Directory browser. From the context menu, select View Help. The reference
page for that function appears in the Help browser.
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