make clustergram without printing

My script makes hundreds of clustergrams. Each time the "clustergram" function is called, it makes a figure window, which "pops up" and "steals the focus" of my computer (i.e. interrupts me while i am working on something else).

How can I plot a clustergram without making the figure?

With standard linear line plots, you just have to specify "figure('visibility', 'off');"

This does not work for clustergrams.

Answer 1

[Ahmet Cecen]

Try starting MATLAB with:

matlab -noFigureWindows

[cmo]

good idea, but that option is not available in UNIX (says Matlab support team)

[Ahmet Cecen]

Okay, here is the fix (also attached):

Open clustergram.m and comment out line 416.

[cmo]

Good idea. I had tried that as well. it didn't help, surprisingly

[Ahmet Cecen]

Wow, it must be a UNIX thing then, because I tried it on 2 different versions and it works for me. Not sure what else I can suggest.

Are you sure you are not accidentally using the built in clustergram? Change the name of the function I attached, like clustergram2 and try again?

Answer 2

[yi li]

Amazing! It is useful!