Thread Subject: MATLAB and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Dear all

I have read the few messages about MATLAB and Snow Leopard. Here is another problem. MATLAB runs fine on a Macbook Pro but on the Mac Pro I have a font problem. Switching to the new Apple monospaced font Menlo partly overcame the problem but I do not have the font for line numbers in the editor and also publishing does not show a real font. I have played around with all options in "Preferences -> Fonts -> Costum" but without success. Does anyone know where to change the font for the line numbers?

Best, Martin

Dear all,

a clean installation on a second harddrive solved the problem. Eventually the font problem, most likely Java-caused happened due to the fact that this computer had a Tiger installation prior to the Leopard Installation, then Snow Leopard. I have observed some font conflicts after installation. The default "monospaced font" caused little squares instead of true characters in the Command and Editor window. After switching to the new "Menlo" all was fine except for the line numbers on the left side of the Editor window. Also the "Example" in the Font Colors was disturbed, similar to the published Font. Now it is ok even with "monospaced". I have the minor cosmetic problems described in the Snow Leopard blog elsewhere.

Cheers, Martin

"Martin Trauth" <trauth@geo.uni-potsdam.de> wrote in message <h7jhp6$j0o$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Dear all,
>
> a clean installation on a second harddrive solved the problem. Eventually the font problem, most likely Java-caused happened due to the fact that this computer had a Tiger installation prior to the Leopard Installation, then Snow Leopard. I have observed some font conflicts after installation. The default "monospaced font" caused little squares instead of true characters in the Command and Editor window. After switching to the new "Menlo" all was fine except for the line numbers on the left side of the Editor window. Also the "Example" in the Font Colors was disturbed, similar to the published Font. Now it is ok even with "monospaced". I have the minor cosmetic problems described in the Snow Leopard blog elsewhere.
>
> Cheers, Martin

Martin and TWIMC,

I just installed R2008b on my new mac pro running snow leopard and after setting the monospaced font I can use the editor and command window but the documentation and tutorials still have little squares instead of code. Any idea on how to fix this? Should I just reload my fonts and re-install or will that make a difference considering that it will still be the same hard drive?

Thanks, Jacob

"Martin Trauth" <trauth@geo.uni-potsdam.de> wrote in message <h7jhp6$j0o$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Dear all,
>
> a clean installation on a second harddrive solved the problem. Eventually the font problem, most likely Java-caused happened due to the fact that this computer had a Tiger installation prior to the Leopard Installation, then Snow Leopard. I have observed some font conflicts after installation. The default "monospaced font" caused little squares instead of true characters in the Command and Editor window. After switching to the new "Menlo" all was fine except for the line numbers on the left side of the Editor window. Also the "Example" in the Font Colors was disturbed, similar to the published Font. Now it is ok even with "monospaced". I have the minor cosmetic problems described in the Snow Leopard blog elsewhere.
>
> Cheers, Martin

Under Preferences>Editor/Debugger>Display you'll find a tick box indicating whether or not to show line numbers. I unchecked it, hit 'ok' ("apply" didn't seem to do the trick, I had to actually hit 'ok' and close the dialog box) then went back, checked it again and hit 'ok' and poof! My numbers were back. Hope it lasts...

"Aaron " <kheifets@eden.rutgers.edu> wrote in message <ha460l$t48$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Martin Trauth" <trauth@geo.uni-potsdam.de> wrote in message <h7jhp6$j0o$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > Dear all,
> >
> > a clean installation on a second harddrive solved the problem. Eventually the font problem, most likely Java-caused happened due to the fact that this computer had a Tiger installation prior to the Leopard Installation, then Snow Leopard. I have observed some font conflicts after installation. The default "monospaced font" caused little squares instead of true characters in the Command and Editor window. After switching to the new "Menlo" all was fine except for the line numbers on the left side of the Editor window. Also the "Example" in the Font Colors was disturbed, similar to the published Font. Now it is ok even with "monospaced". I have the minor cosmetic problems described in the Snow Leopard blog elsewhere.
> >
> > Cheers, Martin
>
> Under Preferences>Editor/Debugger>Display you'll find a tick box indicating whether or not to show line numbers. I unchecked it, hit 'ok' ("apply" didn't seem to do the trick, I had to actually hit 'ok' and close the dialog box) then went back, checked it again and hit 'ok' and poof! My numbers were back. Hope it lasts...

I'm too am tryin gtoi figure out the font problem. The biggest pain is lack of examples and/or code in the html pages. Switching fonts does not seem to help (although some fonts are worse than others). Also, checking and un-checking the "show line numbers" pref does not seem to do anything for the little squares where lines numbers should be.

Has any one come up with a explanation for this behavior, or better yet a solution?