Re: Figure numbers as strings?

[David Grundberg]

Soren Hauberg wrote:
> Hi All
>
> When working directly in the prompt I often want to open a specific
> figure (say, figure 7). To do this I most often just type
>
>   figure 7
>
> The moment I press enter I realise I've forgotten the parentheses, and I
> get annoyed at myself ("Stupid kid, don't you even know how to call a
> function?", I think to myself). Since I don't really enjoy calling
> myself a "stupid kid", I was wondering if it would be okay to make
> 'figure' recognise figure numbers when given as strings? The attached
> patch does this.
>
> Matlab does not allow this, and honestly it really is bad style. I would
> enjoy being able to use this syntax (well, I already use, it just
> doesn't work...)
>
> Cheers,
> Soren
>   

I don't object, and I have another time saver...

Soren, you're in Denmark, right? Do yourself a favor and use US-intl (no 
dead keys) keyboard layout instead of the Danish one. I unlearned the 
weird Swedish keyboard layout one year ago, and I never looked back. The 
US-intl layout is insanely easier to type programming characters on 
(like the tricky / \ [] {} and the can-hardly-be-found `). It's almost 
like programming languages are designed to be typed in! :) I haven't got 
a new keyboard either, I just changed the software. I chat in Swedish 
(börk börk) on this layout (using the Alt Gr key found on nordic 
keyboards), so I can (and do) use it all the time.

David