I just installed Matlab under linux and realised that it does not come with a proper icon. So I sat down and played around with Inkscape for a while to make a high quality vector graphic from the classic Matlab logo. It's not completely the same, but I think it's reasonably close. For a desktop Icon it should be sufficient.
To create a desktop shortcut for Matlab in Ubuntu Linux, right click on the desktop and select "Create Launcher...". In the command field enter the path of your Matlab binary, e.g. "/home/Applications/MatlabR2008b/bin/matlab". You can then click on the icon with the spring to select another icon.
Find the Matlab svg icon here.
Btw. you can get the Matlab logo plotted as a function if you type "logo" in the command promt.
23 comments:
Very cool, thanks a lot!
great job! thanks for sharing!
Thanks a lot. Keep the good work
thanks for the work!
Thanks!
You are a hero that beated procrastination away! gratz and thank you for the great icon.
Thanks for sharing, cool icon.
I had been looking for this for a while. Thank you.
Awesome...thank you very much!!!
Was looking for this. Thanks!
Well done! Thanks!
Just what I needed. Thanks!
Very nice. My one complaint was that it did not have a transparent background. Eventually found this one off of matlabcentral:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24085-matlab-icon-for-linux-with-transparency
very nice icon, i love it! thanks a lot for the work.
Another big thank-you!
I needed this badly, thanks. The matlab install DVD is for both Mac and Linux, Mac user get a nice scalable icon and Linux users are just forgotten. Thank you !
Mathwork owes you a small check for fixing their screwup. <3
Good job, thanks!
Hello,
I would like to use this icon in making a Matlab icon for the Faenza icon set (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Faenza?content=128143). I would then intend to publish it to gnome-look.org as well.
I would, however, like to obtain your permission for this. You can contact me at [my pseudonym] at hotmail dot com.
Thank You
Good work man, thanks for the nice icon.
Thank you, this is precisely what I was looking for!
I do it and see the Matlab starting but it disappears and nothing happens after. It's as if it starts but then realizes it can't and kills the job.
I can start it though from the command line by doing 'matlab &'
I also created a .txt file and wrote inside:
'#! bin/bash matlab'
and I'm running it as an executable, it works.
Why doesn't the launcher work?
Thanks a lot!
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