Suppress Academic license notification

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I know this is trivial in the grand scheme of things, but I'd love to remove the notification everytime I start matlab R15a that I have an academic license. This seems to be a new innovation since 14b, and not an improvement. Is it possible to suppress the notification? Most people probably don't need reminding after at most 100 repititions... Thanks!

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Guillaume
Guillaume on 23 Mar 2015
@Andreas, as of 2015a, Matlab prints Academic License at the top of the command window before the first prompt. That's the only reminder you get for the rest of the session, so not a big deal.
@Leo, just put clc at the end of your startup.m. I'm sure it was a very conscious decision by Mathwork, so I doubt they're going to remove it.

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Leo Simon
Leo Simon on 9 Sep 2016
Edited: Leo Simon on 9 Sep 2016

As root, edit the file

$MATLABPATH/resources/MATLAB/en/branding.xml

(Better back it up first! I forgot to)

Change the line

 <entry key="ACADEMIC_CMD_WINDOW_STR" translate="false">\n\tAcademic License\n\n</entry>

to

 <entry key="ACADEMIC_CMD_WINDOW_STR" translate="false"></entry>

Don't delete the line or else matlab will crash

You can also get rid of the irritating first two lines about getting started and product information by editing

$MATLABPATH/resources/MATLAB/en/matlabrc.xml

and changing the lines

    <entry key="ProductInformationMessage">  For product information, visit www.mathworks.com.</entry>
    <entry key="ToGetStartedMessage">  To get started, type one of these: helpwin, helpdesk, or demo.</entry>

to

    <entry key="ProductInformationMessage"></entry>
    <entry key="ToGetStartedMessage"></entry>

Again, don't just delete the lines


Andreas Goser
Andreas Goser on 23 Mar 2015
I only know about the "EDU>>" prompt, but this is the Student Version, not the academic license. Can you share what exactly you get?

Leo Simon
Leo Simon on 23 Mar 2015
After I run my startup script, it announces
Academic License
and then the >> prompt.

Leo Simon
Leo Simon on 23 Mar 2015
clc clears the screen before printing the reminder, but indeed, not a big deal, thanks!
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Guillaume
Guillaume on 23 Mar 2015
Oh, yes indeed. I must have clicked on the R2014b shortcut when I tested.
I don't think there's a way to suppress it then. Probably, on purpose.

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Kyrian Staman
Kyrian Staman on 9 Sep 2016
I know I once removed this message by changing some xml (I think) file that is called at matlab startup. I had found this information online, but for the love of me I can't seem to find it again and currently know no easy way of checking what file I changed. If anyone finds this topic online again or knows a way for me to find what file I changed, I'm all ears.
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Andreas Goser
Andreas Goser on 9 Sep 2016
Beside this sounds not like something MathWorks is supportive in you doing - why would you be interested in doing it?

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