Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:52:44 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Pelleg <daniel+handbook@pelleg.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/59240: handbook update: linux MATLAB Message-ID: <20031113005244.0951F75E@lank.here> Resent-Message-ID: <200311130100.hAD10aYJ046319@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 59240
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: handbook update: linux MATLAB
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class: maintainer-update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 12 17:00:36 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Dan Pelleg
>Release: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Exit script to solve a problem of unquittable MATLAB. Contributed
by Richard Winkel.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml.orig Wed Nov 12 18:11:54 2003
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml Wed Nov 12 19:30:21 2003
@@ -859,21 +859,52 @@
</tip>
</sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Creating a &matlab; Shutdown Script</title>
+
+ <para> The following is needed to solve a problem with &matlab
+ not exiting correctly.</para>
+
+ <procedure>
+ <step>
+ <para>Create a file
+ <filename>$MATLAB/toolbox/local/finish.m</filename>, and
+ in it put the single line:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>! $MATLAB/bin/finish.sh</programlisting>
+
+ <note><para>The $MATLAB is literal.</para></note>
+
+ <tip><para>In the same directory, you will find the files
+ <filename>finishsav.m</filename> and
+ <filename>finishdlg.m</filename>, which let you save
+ your workspace before quitting. If you use either of
+ them, insert the line above immediately after the "save"
+ command.</para></tip>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>Create a file
+ <filename>$MATLAB/bin/finish.sh</filename>, which will
+ contain the following:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>#!/usr/compat/linux/bin/sh
+(sleep 5; killall -1 matlab_helper) &
+exit 0</programlisting>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>Make the file executable:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chmod +x $MATLAB/bin/finish.sh</userinput></screen>
+
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 id="matlab-using">
<title>Using &matlab;</title>
<para>At this point you are ready to type
- <command>matlab</command> and start using it. Note that the
- version of <application>&java;</application> shipped with
- <application>&matlab;</application> does not work well under
- &os;. It will make it hard to quit
- <application>&matlab;</application> and you will have to
- <command>kill -9</command> it. If you do not use
- <application>&java;</application> at all, you can avoid this
- nuisance by starting
- <application>&matlab;</application> with the
- <option>-nojvm</option>
- switch.</para>
+ <command>matlab</command> and start using it.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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