The kernel provides a "session" so matlab stays alive and doesn't have to restart on every block.
The kernel might require python3. On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:20 AM Uwe Brauer <o...@mat.ucm.es> wrote: > > > You might dig around in ob-octave to see how it works. It should be > able > > to Matlab (and on Linux/Mac I believe it might). On Windows, it has > been > > broken for a long time due to the lack of a proper shell (maybe that > can > > be adapted in win10 though). > > > I vaguely recall making that matlab function to try it out on Windows > > some years ago. > > > There is a Jupyter Matlab kernel now. > > https://github.com/Calysto/matlab_kernel > > > Thanks for pinting it out to me. Couldn't install it so far > ImportError: No module named pathlib > when trying directly to use >python -m matlab_kernel install > > Or ould not find a version that satisfies the requirement > backports.tempfile (from matlab-kernel) (from versions: 1.0rc1, 1.0rc1) > Cleaning up... > No distributions matching the version for backports.tempfile (from > matlab-kernel) > Storing debug log for failure in /home/oub/.pip/pip.log > > Have to write the author. > > The output using your code and Eric's suggestion is ok but I am curious > to see what the kernel is supposed to do better. > > Uwe > > I was able to use this (and installing the kernel, and making sure a > > matlab is on the path): > > > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > > (add-to-list 'org-src-lang-modes '("matlab" . matlab)) > > > ;; set default headers for convenience > > (setq org-babel-default-header-args:matlab > > '((:results . "output replace") > > (:session . "matlab") > > (:kernel . "matlab") > > (:exports . "code") > > (:cache . "no") > > (:noweb . "no") > > (:hlines . "no") > > (:tangle . "no"))) > > > (defalias 'org-babel-execute:matlab 'org-babel-execute:ipython) > > (defalias 'org-babel-prep-session:matlab > 'org-babel-prep-session:ipython) > > (defalias 'org-babel-matlab-initiate-session > 'org-babel-ipython-initiate-session) > > #+END_SRC > > > > #+RESULTS: > > : org-babel-matlab-initiate-session > > > To enable this: > > > #+BEGIN_SRC matlab :results output org drawer > > x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; > > fprintf('|%d', x) > > #+END_SRC > > > #+RESULTS: > > :RESULTS: > > | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | > > :END: > > > It is not much better output wise without the fprintf, but that seems > to > > be a feature of Matlab's output. I think Eric is probably right, you > > will have use fprintf to get what you want. > > > I am not a big matlab user these days, so I do not have a sense for > how > > usable the kernel is. It does run in a session, which is a big > > improvement over the other one I wrote. > > > Uwe Brauer writes: > > > > -- John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
