Q. How the hell do I write a matlab text file with a header?

A.

filename = [filename '_back.txt']

fid = fopen(filename,'w+')

header = ['m4, m1, m2, m3, m5']

fprintf(fid,'%s\n',header)

fclose(fid);

The trick is the %s which writes a string instead of just one character at a time.. otherwise you'll end up with comma's between every letter. There goes two hours of my life :(

Abort Labview??

Q. If i've accidentally got Labview in an infinte loop with an ever-repeating error box, how can I stop execution and save the program so that I don't lose all of my work?

A. Alt+F4 ... often times you won't be able to press 'Abort Execution', but if you Alt+F4 you'll quit the program and should have a chance to save.

Q. RSS Feed Address?

Ok, how on earth do I see the address corresponding to an RSS feed in Apple Mail? If i want to forward someone the address to an RSS feed, how to I do that? A. ????

Q. Copy Figure doesn't work in Matlab on a Mac

A. You can't 'copy figure' while the figure is docked. You have to undock it first

How to add Matlab .m files into Latex

A. There is a guy who made 'mcode.sty' download it and use it. This website explains more:
http://my.opera.com/locksley90/blog/2008/02/25/how-to-include-matlab-source-code-in-a-latex-document

Q. How do you close all open graphs in Igor Pro?

A. There is no default way to do this, but a clever Japanese man (or woman, i don't know) came up with the following short trick to do the job (see above). The actual text is posted in the comment section for your copying ability.

 Key ??

Q. What is the keyboard command for the 'command' symbol in Mac OSX?

A. There isn't one.

alt + shift + k =  but the only way to get the command symbol is to use the character palette. To use it in HTML the code is "⌘"

& #x2318 without the space between the & and the #