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Thank you Steven, for your response.
I will keep sending Matlab Crash reports when they happen. 

       > Besides, if you're modified a function in the Editor and then run it without 
       > saving, you're actually executing the older version of the function (without 
       > your unsaved changes) so you should save before running your code.

Sure.  However, I meant the situation when the  Matlab process I've run does not use the code you are currently modifying.  This is not really an exotic scenario, especially if my running Matlab executes a time-consuming and/or semi-interactive analysis step.  You don't want to waste time and you would like to program other steps meanwhile...  Without a standalone editor one has to always keep an extra Matlab process the only purpose of which is a mere viewing or editing m-files. 

Since Matlab-4 I have been a really a big "fan" of Matlab,  and I generally do like new features MathWorks introduces with newer versions.   As for the removal of the standalone editor, I find this very inconvenient, and it may make many users stop using the meditor, which is actually a great editor...

Thanks again, Steven,  for your quick response and suggestions.

-- Alex

"Steven Lord" <slord@mathworks.com> wrote in message <grnj1j$l3t$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> 
> "Alex Koltunov" <sashakk@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:grlr5j$8jk$1@fred.mathworks.com...
> > More than that:  Sometimes Matlab itself crashes, freezes, or otherwise 
> > unresponsive  so you simply have to kill the process from the Task 
> > Manager. In all these cases you immediately kill the editor with all your 
> > unsaved changes. Mostly for these reasons I have nearly always used the 
> > standalone one.
> 
> If you have steps with which you can fairly consistently crash or hang 
> MATLAB, please send them in to Technical Support so we can investigate why 
> MATLAB is crashing or hanging and fix it.
> 
> Besides, if you're modified a function in the Editor and then run it without 
> saving, you're actually executing the older version of the function (without 
> your unsaved changes) so you should save before running your code.
> 
> > The only workaround I can think of is to use an meditor of your older 
> > version. That is what I will do before upgrading to newer versions.
> > It's really surprising to me, why MathWork removed it. I dont think it 
> > would cost them a penny to keep it..
> >
> > Could anyone from MathWorks answer this, please?
> > Thanks.
> 
> Take a look at this entry in the Release Notes:
> 
> http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/rn/bq1zi27-1.html#bq4h5rd-1
> 
> If you still have questions or concerns about this, please contact Technical 
> Support, Customer Service, or your sales representative.
> 
> -- 
> Steve Lord
> slord@mathworks.com 
>