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Subject: Re: CTRL-Z in Matlab 2007a on Intel Mac
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On Jun 29, 3:27 pm, Peter Boettcher <boettc...@ll.mit.edu> wrote:
> "Sam Waldman" <spamvac2...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Hi Folks,
>
> > I run Matlab on a variety of platforms both locally and remotely. I
> > use the command line interface almost exclusively (as do most of my
> > colleagues) because I often work on large compute clusters located in
> > big rooms far away from my desk. I have recently upgraded to a Core
> > Two Duo Mac and Matlab 2007a. I find that "CTRL-Z" doesn't suspend
> > the MATLAB session and go to the command line as I believe it should.
> >  Is there a work around for this or is this a new feature of the
> > Macification of Matlab?
>
> Play with "stty -a" in your terminal (before launching MATLAB) and see if
> ^Z is still bound to "susp".  If MAC supports such a thing.  Anyway I
> suspect a terminal/shell issue rather than a MATLAB issue.
>
> -Peter

But...

In recent years ML has moved away from being a console app, providing
its own window and CLI.  If you choose to run "-nojvm" (as all sane
people would), the behaviour of CTRL-Z is your choice.