We find this method useful because it helps you organize the commands that you send to the matlab process in the text window. Here are the instructions we recommend. This will appear in the window, and you will see the matlab splash screen appear briefly. If you are not familiar with emacs but you intend to use it, then this is a good time to try the emacs tutorial under the Help window. Also, ask people in the class for help.
Many people are quite familiar with emacs and it is an important research tool.
Off you go. There are several HP printers and scanners in the ISE lab. These are to be used only for ISE Lab classwork. Please don't abuse your ISE printing privilege. You can use the 'lp' and 'lpr' commands to print and 'lpstat' and 'lpq' to see the printer queues.