Installation guide

5 Workspace, Search Path, and File Operations
• File type
• Fi le size
• Last modified date
• M -file descriptions (the first comm ent line in the M-file, also called the
H1 line) and the start of MDL file descriptions (approximately the first
128 characters)
• M -file help, MDL complete descriptions, and MAT-file contents
For more information, see “Changing the Display” on page 5-41.
Auto-Refresh
By default, the Auto-refresh directory view check box is selected, with
an update time of 2 seconds. This means that every 2 seconds, the Current
Directory brow ser checks for and reflects any changes you made to files and
directories in the current directory using other applications.
In some cases when the current directory is on a network, MATLAB becomes
slow because of the auto-refresh feature in the Current Directory b rowser. If
you experience general slowness in MATLAB and have the Current Directory
browser open, try increasing the default update time to alleviate this problem.
For extremely slow performance situations, clear the check box to turn
auto-refresh off. You can then right-click and select Refresh from the context
menu to update the Current Directory browser display.
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