Add support for MATLAB

[dengemann]

... hope this is not a dupe.

[erran]

Does MATLAB have a CLI you can use to run? What commands would you use to run:

• A file?
• A selection of code?

Oh and FYI not a duplicate.

[dengemann]

@erran

from the command line you can do something like:

`matlab -nodesktop -r "run my_script.m; exit"``

Where matlab links to sth like "/Applications/MATLAB_R2013a_Student.app/bin/matlab" and is defined by the user.

[dengemann]

@erran and yes, the same mechanism can be used to run s code snippet.

`matlab -nodesktop -r "disp(1:10); exit``

[dengemann]

... finally support for running ipython scripts would be amazing (.ipy extension). These allow you to run all sorts of things from one file. Obviously this can be hacked by editing setting the python command to ipython. An extension based approach would be nicer though (don't deal with environment variables).

[dengemann]

How is the language / script support handled. Could you point out a few locations in the sources to me?

[erran]

@dengemann Is there a language plugin for IPython? Script "runners" for grammars are defined in grammars.coffee. For example Python, defined by the language-python package, is defined here:

  Python:
    "Selection Based":
      command: "python"
      args: (context)  -> ['-c', context.getCode()]
    "File Based":
      command: "python"
      args: (context) -> [context.filepath]

[rgbkrk]

Well, oddly enough I maintain the ipynb-language package and am an IPython developer. I could roll that into an overall ipython-language package if you like (for Atom to detect). Honestly though, I've never used a .ipy script. These are the ones that let you do %magics and !shell stuff?

[rgbkrk]

@dengemann care to open an issue for the IPython pieces?

[rgbkrk]

Also, @erran I love your animated GIFs.

[dengemann]

Well, oddly enough I maintain the ipynb-language package and am an IPython developer. I could roll that into an overall ipython-language package if you like (for Atom to detect). Honestly though, I've never used a .ipy script. These are the ones that let you do %magics and !shell stuff?

I'ts pretty useful for debugging and doing some dirty tasks easily. I use it for example when comparing python to matlab code. Or when combining command line tools with Python for data analysis.

[dengemann]

These are the ones that let you do %magics and !shell stuff?

Yes, exactly