How do I access special characters, such as square brackets '[ ]' when using MATLAB with an international keyboard on a Mac OSX?

The Option key that I typically use to access these characters does not work in MATLAB 6.5 (R13) on Mac OS X.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This bug has been fixed for Release 14 (R14). For previous releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

This is a bug in the MATLAB 6.5 (R13) for Mac OS X (Puma). To resolve the problem, you will need to upgrade your operating system to Mac OS X (Jaguar) and install the patch for MATLAB on Jaguar. More information on this patch can be found in the Related Solution listed below.