Matlab in Visual Studio Code Linux - where to start?

I'm looking for a tutorial that explains step by step how to set up VSC as a matlab IDE in linux. I realize that this is a very basic question, but I'm struggling to get things going. To clarify: I have matlab installed, I just want to use VSC to edit and execute code (with the purpose of using Github Copilot).

I have done:

• installed VSC, Matlab extension pack
• set mlint and matlab path in settings.json
• installed Octave debugger (VSC asked me to install a debugger, this was the only one that came up for "matlab" query)

Running a script (something simple, like a=1, disp(a)) works in the sense that I see some activity, the little bar at the top with the buttons including a "pause" button appears, the bottom bar flashes orange briefly, but there is no actual output in console, terminal or "output". No error is being thrown, even when I induce syntax errors. In other words, the script appears to run, but does absolutely nothing.

I tried to do everything running via Octave, same thing.

I'm just not sure where to even begin solving this. I'm using Matlab 2021b.

Answer 1

[Manas]

Hi Paul Zerr,

I understand that you are looking for steps on how to run MATLAB code in Visual Studio Code on a Linux operating system.

We have a Visual Studio Code extension for MATLAB that supports syntax highlighting, code snippets and more.

The extension can be found in the Visual Studio Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MathWorks.language-matlab

You can learn more about the extension from this MathWorks blog: https://blogs.mathworks.com/matlab/2023/04/26/do-you-use-visual-studio-code-matlab-is-now-there-too/

Hope this helps!