`compile-mtex` script no longer works

[gcapes]

I wrote that script a number of years ago to work with version 5.3 and 5.3.1. Since then the code has moved around a bit so it no longer works.

I could put in a PR to delete the script, but to add some guidance on how to compile the current release?

This is what I'm currently using

for dir in $(find ${MTEX_DIR} -type d | grep -v -e ".git" -e "@" -e "private" -e "data" -e "makeDoc" -e "templates" -e "nfft_openMP" -e "compatibility/")
    do
      MTEX_INCLUDE="-I ${dir} ${MTEX_INCLUDE}"
    done
export MTEX_INCLUDE="${MTEX_INCLUDE} -a ${MTEX_DIR}/data -a ${MTEX_DIR}/plotting/plotting_tools/colors.mat"
mcc -R -singleCompThread -R -softwareopengl -m "<<script_path>>" <<args>> -o matlab_exe ${MTEX_INCLUDE}

[vtvivian]

Hi gcapes,

I ecently compiled mtex on MATLAB R2024b using the compiler app interface (so not a script - can't help you with that). Most of it worked fine, with some extra notes:

• mtex\plotting\plotting_tools\ciexyz31_1.csv and mtex\plotting\plotting_tools\colors.mat need to be added manually (these get missed by the dependency checker)
• mtex_settings needs an additional if ~isdeployed ... end added around line 104 - 109
• Some MTEX folders caused the dependency checker to crash. Deleting the EBSDAnalysis@EBSD3square and mtex\templates\import folders before building fixed this for me. If you need functions inside these folders, then maybe a finer check is required.
• This is the MTEX version I compiled (a non-standard version on my fork, so use with caution: vtvivian@b84886a)

Which MATLAB version are you using? I tried compiling it on R2025a at first, but MATLAB had changed the way compiling works (unrelated to MTEX) and I ran into a lot of issues, so reverted to R2024b and it was fine.

[gcapes]

Hi @vtvivian

I think it likely to have been MATLAB R2021a or R2024b.

I guess which parts of MTEX need compiling depends on what functionality you need from MTEX - you can see from my script that I've added ${MTEX_DIR}/plotting/plotting_tools/colors.mat but missed the .csv file, and have excluded a bunch of directories including those starting with @.

I started this compiling journey due to licencing issues on HPC which no longer apply, but thought I'd share what I've worked out. I have no experience with the compiler app interface.