Installation guide

5 Workspace, Search Path, and File Operations
5 Click OK to accept the changes and close the Ed it Skipped File
Extensions dialog box.
6 When you click Find i n the Find File s tool, the s earch ignores the selected
file types.
Function Alternative
Use lookfor to search for the specified text in the first line of help for all
M-files on the search path.
Comparing Files
The MATLAB File Comparison tool highlights the line-by-line differences
between two files. Access it by selecting a file in the Current Directory
browser, then right-click, and from the context menu, select Compare
Against > Browse and navigate to the file to compare. Select it and click
Open.
For two files in the same directory, select the files, right-click, and from the
context menu, select Compare Selected Files.
For information about using the results and other options, see “ C o mparing
Files — File Compa rison Tool” on page 6-54.
Accessing Source Control Features
Select a file or files in the Current Directory brow ser and right-click to view
the context menu. From there you can access features for Source Control. For
details on these features, see C h apter 9, “Source Control Interface”.
Preferences for the Current Directory Browser
Using preferences, you can specify the number of recently u sed current
directories to m aintain in the history list as well as the type of information to
display in the Current Directory browser.
From the Current Directory browser, select File > Preferences.The
Current Directory Preferences pane appears in the Preferences dialog box.
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