Runtime code instrumentation
Conditional breakpoints can be used to instrument code with user-specified code.
Presumed future risk
Sending HTML emails from Matlab
Matlab's sendmail only sends simple text messages by default; a simple hack can cause it to send HTML-formatted messages.
User-defined tab completions – take 2
Matlab has changed the mechanism that enables user-defined tab-completion of function inputs.
Matlab compilation quirks – take 2
A few hard-to-trace quirks with Matlab compiler outputs are explained.
GUI formatting using HTML
HTML formatting an be used to align and background-color text within Matlab uicontrols such as buttons, listboxes, uitables etc.
MathWorks-solicited Java survey
MathWorks is soliciting user feedbacks about the use of Java components in Matlab programs.
Additional license data
Additional meta-data about installed toolboxes can be retrieved in Matlab.
Parsing XML strings
Matlab's xmlread function cannot process XML data directly, but this can easily be overcome.
Quirks with parfor vs. for
Parallelizing loops with Matlab's parfor might generate unexpected results. Users beware!
Checking status of warning messages in MEX
Undocumented Mex functions can be used to extract the state of Matlab warnings in run-time.