Editing Matlab files in Vim

Edit Matlab M-files in Vim editor (indentation, syntax highlighting, tags , mlint support)

Description

Contains a set of files useful to edit Matlab files.

Included is :
1) Syntax highlighting
2) Correct indentation
3) Integration in vim of the mlint Matlab code checker with the :make command
4) Correct setting to use the matchit.vim script (extension of the % command to match if/end, for/end,... blocks)
5) Tag support
6) Help file

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.6 (R2008a)
• Other requirements: Vim 7.0
• Other Files: compiler/mlint.vim, ; doc/matlab.txt, ; ftplugin/matlab.vim, ; indent/matlab.vim, ; license.txt, ; syntax/matlab.vim

[James]

Thanks for the updated syntax highlighting.

[Jørgen Skancke]

Thanks for the useful files.

In emacs there is a matlab-mode that lets you evaluate selected text in matlab (like in the Matlab-editor, handy for playing with plots and the like). Since this is possible in emacs, it should be possible in vim too. Does anyone have ideas about how to implement this?

[Ritesh Sood]

A handy shell snippet to copy the downloaded files under appropriate dirs in your .vim/
$ cd matlab # the dir you downloaded
$ tar -cf - | (cd ~/.vim; tar -xf -)
You tar the files to stdout, cd to ~/.vim and untar stdin; no intermediate file creation.

[Yakun Sun]

This is splendid. It solves the problem of indenting .m codes that troubles me for a million years.

[Ken Lin]

thank you for sharing

[Jader]

How to install it on windows if I can't find any .vim folder?

[Fabrice]

To install it on windows : unzip the package and extract it to your vimfiles folder (usually C:\Program Files\Vim\vimfiles).

For more information about the installation, there is a matlab.txt file provided in the package you could read.

[Krishna Sankar M]

Thanks Fabrice. Very useful.
May I request some more features for matching: in addition to existing, support matching groups as if/else, else/end, case/<next>case.

[Yaroslav Don]

Does anybody know what script should I add to the "indent/matlab.vim" file in order to get the following statement (or similar to it) indented correctly:

if (some_conditional), do_something; end;

Unfortunately it matches the "end" to the former statement that required "end" (such as "switch"). But I like to keep my code neat and small.

Any advice?

[Fabrice]

I have done enhancements in the indent file to indent correctly one-line blocks. I'll provide the new version of the file as soon as possible.