What is the best way to have easy available settings for a MATLAB toolchain

Hi!

I have a sizeable toolchain in MATLAB which is run with some settings, currently defined in a static class that is on the MATLAB path.

I want to change these settings depending on the environment it's running on (for example local vs cluster).

I don't want to have to pass some boolean like 'isCluster' to each function because of how deeply nested the functions are.

Would it be a good idea to initialize a global instance of the settings class in the main script, something like:

global settings = SettingsClass(isCluster)

which would then be accesible everywhere, or is this a risky pattern? Any good suggestions are welcome!

Answer 1

[Shiva Kalyan Diwakaruni]

Hi,

You can try typing "matlab -help" or "matlab -h" in your command prompt and it will show list of startup flags , there is a specific startup flag '-r' to which you can pass matlab command , which Start MATLAB and execute the MATLAB_command.

You can also follow the below link where user tries change priorty by changing settings in a file inside matlabroot directory using start command

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/95559-how-can-i-start-matlab-with-a-different-priority-on-windows

https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler/matlab-runtime-startup-options.html

hope it helps,

thanks