MATLAB Command Window Only

Hi everyone,

I'm aware that if I write matlab -nodesktop from the command line I launch the command window only, but there are some slight differences between the command window only and the one built in (like in the built in command window there are hyper link and aesthetically is better). Is there a way to launch the real command window only? Thanks for the attention

On the left there is the -nodesktop command window, on the right there is the built in command window undocked

[Walter Roberson]

Do you mean that you want all the other elements like editor and folder view to be accessible on demand but hidden, or do you mean that those should be disabled and only the command window should be accessible (but the prettier version), such as for use on a system without graphics ?

[Marco Bernardini]

As I use an external editor (Atom) it's useful to have the command window by: I'd like to have the option to open only the command window and not the rest and have the prettier version

[Walter Roberson]

Should it be possible to access those components or not? If for example the user executes openvar then should that be refused or should it go ahead?

[Marco Bernardini]

It's ok if it gets refused

[Walter Roberson]

Saying that it would be okay if it were refused gets us into the territory of hiding the other components by default. You can get that effect by undocking the various components and closing them.

Saying that it was necessary to refuse the other components would involve some method of effectively using -nodesktop mode while permitting the advanced decoration for error messages and URLs. That would probably be much more difficult.

Answer 1

[Jan]

Maybe this helps: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/32005-cmdwintool

CmdWinTool('lean')

Maybe this helps also:

desktop = com.mathworks.ide.desktop.MLDesktop.getMLDesktop;
desktop.setMolerMode;