Live Editor Fonts settings

Hello,

I want to change the fonts used in Live Editor. According to the help I can do this using settings and matlab.fonts.editor.title.Name.

However for the entry Name I find four different parameters:

ActiveValue

TemporaryValue

PersonalValue

InstallationValue

FactoryValue

The meaning of most of them ist obvious, but in the documentation sometimes TemporaryValue is used (matlab.fonts Settings), but I also found the use of PersonalValue (Format Text in the Live Editor).

What is the difference between these two parameters, i.e. how does the parameters affect the change of the Live Editor fonts?

Kind regards

Michael

Answer 1

[Govind KM]

Hi @Michael,

The "Temporary value" setting applies only to the current MATLAB session and is not saved. It will be cleared when MATLAB is closed i.e. the current session is ended. In contrast, the "Personal value" setting persists across MATLAB sessions for a single user. When modified, its value is saved to the settings folder.

Hence, if you wish to change the Editor font temporarily (only for the current session), you would modify the "Temporary value" setting, and if you wish to change the font permanently, you would modify the "Personal value" or the "Installation value" setting.

Kindly refer to the following documentation page for more information on these settings: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/access-and-modify-settings.html#mw_03a88f81-762c-4a01-8602-80956565ae6d

Hope this helps!

[Michael]

Thank you for this detailed explanation Govind.

Over the past decades MATLAB's documentation has grown so much, that it's sometimes hard to find the correct part for a specific questions.

Michael