[OS X Emacs] matlab -nodesktop in Aquamacs

[Stefan Vollmar]

Dear Claire,

I believe this is no Aquamacs specific error, try:
 
(setq matlab-shell-command-switches '("-nodesktop"))

Warm regards,
 Stefan


On 06.07.2011, at 05:45, Claire wrote:

> Hi 
> 
> I'm running Aquamacs 2.2 on Mac OSX 10.6.8 and I'd like to be
> able to run Matlab within Aquamacs. Within my bash shell I 
> have aliased matlab to "matlab -nodesktop".  However, when I 
> type 
> 
> M-x matlab-shell
> 
> from within Aquamacs, matlab opens in the gui, i.e without the 
> 'nodesktop' flag. I tried adding the line: 
> 
> (setq matlab-shell-command-switches "-nodesktop")
> 
> to my Preferences.el file, but Aquamacs returns the error:
> 
> wrong type argument: listp, "-nodesktop".
> 
> Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, and how to correct this?
> 
> Any help much appreciated.
> 
> Claire
> 
> 
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