Why does MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1) crash when I close figures by clicking the red "x" button on Mac 10.3.5 and 10.3.6?

I use the following procedures:

1. Run the following commands in the MATLAB Command Window:

figure(1); plot([ 1 2 3 4 5]);

figure(2); plot([ 1 2 3 4 5]);

figure(3); plot([ 1 2 3 4 5]);

figure(4); plot([ 1 2 3 4 5]);

figure(5); plot([ 1 2 3 4 5]);

figure(6); plot([ 1 2 3 4 5]);

2. Use the left mouse button to close the windows created by the above commands by clicking on the red "x" button on the top left of each plot window.

3. In the process of closing these windows, MATLAB crashes. The X11 server also crashes.

No crash dump file is generated by MATLAB.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This bug has been fixed in Release 14 Service Pack 3 (R14SP3). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

There is a bug in MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1) in the way that closing figures by clicking the red "x" button on a Mac causes MATLAB to crash without generating a crash dump.

There are currently no known workarounds.