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From: Rune Allnor <allnor@tele.ntnu.no>
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Subject: Re: desktop layout problem
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On 20 Nov, 18:10, "Peter Muellers" <Peter.Muell...@mathworks.com>
wrote:
> This problem arises because saved layouts don't include the size and
> location of the main desktop frame. =A0They include the arrangement of
> components within the frame and the size and location of undocked frames.
> In the future we might consider providing an option in the save dialog to
> include the main frame size and location. =A0

I would suggest you prioritize this issue, and make an effort
to improve the ergonomics for the individual users.

For all matlab users, there is the question of preserving
preferences and settings over updates between releases.
With a twice-per year release rate, the newly installed
matlab version should just scan and adopt pre-existing
user settings, if any.

Desktop settings can already be saved by name. It ought to
be possible to select a preferred desktop setting by name
from startup.m.

Lots of users (like me) travel form site to site and
use a matlab lisences made available by others. It would
be very conveient if I could save my preferred matlab
desktop configuration to some file on a USB stick, so
I can load it on the new site. This way I can always
work in my familiar desktop environment and window
configuration.

The local 'work' directory should be located in the user's
"My Directory" folder (or similar), not under a release-
specific folder (this may have been changed since R2006a,
which is what I use.)

Just some ideas.

Rune