MATLAB

To access the lab version of MATLAB log on to ringo.ams.sunysb.edu and type the following:

matlab -nojvm

This opens MATLAB without using the java interface (the virtual machine).

Making large plots

First create a new figure, maximize it. Add these commands after the plot() and before making labels and printing. This will create a 1000 x 1000 px plot

 set(gcf,'Position',[1 1 1000 1000]); 
 set(gcf,'PaperPositionMode','auto');
 set(gca,'FontSize',12);

Note that if you have a multi-paneled graph each panel have its own handle.

subpanel in a panel

figure(1)
h = uipanel
subplot(1,1,1,'Parent',h),plot([1:.1:10],sin([1:.1:10]/10*pi))
h2 = uipanel('Parent',h,'position',[0.4108    0.4096    0.2090    0.2157])
subplot(1,1,1,'Parent',h2),plot([1:.1:10],sin([1:.1:10]/10*pi))

make the background white.

set(h,'BackgroundColor',[1 1 1])
set(h,'ShadowColor',[1 1 1])
set(h2,'ShadowColor',[1 1 1])
set(h2,'BackgroundColor',[1 1 1])