[Matlab-emacs-discuss] insert the result of matlab-shell-run-command in the matlab buffer

[Uwe B. <ou...@ma...>]

Hi

One of the feature I miss most is to insert the result of
matlab-shell-run-command in the matlab buffer.

The following code cleans up that result and inserts it in the buffer.

I have a different version which also wraps
\begin{displaymath}
\end{displaymath}

Around it.

The funny thing is that I wrote this function for Xemacs but in GNU
emacs ;
(string-rectangle (point-min) (point-max) "% ")
behaves differently, it inserts the "% " but deletes all the other
content!

So  I found a different solution using comment-region.

Any comments and improvements are very welcome.

Uwe Brauer 


(defun my-matlab-insert-simple-raw ()
  "Change and insert the content of the *Matlab Help* buffer.
  (Sometimes invoked with `matlab-shell-run-command'.)
`kill-empty-lines' put all results in one line, and `comment'
them out according to the `matlab' syntax."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
	(let   ((currentname  (current-buffer)))
	  (switch-to-buffer "*MATLAB Help*")
	  (make-variable-buffer-local 'comment-start)
	  (setq comment-start "%")
	  (toggle-read-only nil)
	  (goto-char (point-min))
	  (delete-empty-lines-region (point-min) (point-max))
	  (goto-char (point-max))
	  (delete-backward-char 1 nil)
	  (goto-char (point-min))
	  (while (re-search-forward  "=" nil t)
	  (kill-line nil))
	  (goto-char (point-min))
          (comment-region (point-min) (point-max) nil)
;	  (string-rectangle (point-min) (point-max) "% ")
	  (switch-to-buffer currentname)
	  (insert-buffer "*MATLAB Help*"))))