Development Environmen Starting and Quitting MATLAB Starting MATLAB On Windows platforms, to start MATLAB, double-click the MatLAB shortcut On UNIX platforms, to start MATLAB, type matlab at the operating system rom After starting MATLAB, the maTlAB desktop opens-see"MATLAB You can change the directory in which MATLAB starts, define startup options including running a script upon startup, and reduce startup time in some situations. For more information, see the documentation for starting MATLaB Quitting MATLaB To end your MATLAB session, select Exit MATLAB from the File menu in the desktop, or type quit in the Command window. To execute specified functions each time MATLAB quits, such as saving the workspace you can create and run a finish. m script 2-22 Development Environment 2-2 Starting and Quitting MATLAB Starting MATLAB On Windows platforms, to start MATLAB, double-click the MATLAB shortcut icon on your Windows desktop. On UNIX platforms, to start MATLAB, type matlab at the operating system prompt. After starting MATLAB, the MATLAB desktop opens—see “MATLAB Desktop” on page 2-3. You can change the directory in which MATLAB starts, define startup options including running a script upon startup, and reduce startup time in some situations. For more information, see the documentation for starting MATLAB. Quitting MATLAB To end your MATLAB session, select Exit MATLAB from the File menu in the desktop, or type quit in the Command Window. To execute specified functions each time MATLAB quits, such as saving the workspace, you can create and run a finish.m script