MATLAB: How to access special characters, such as square brackets ‘[ ]’ when using MATLAB with an international keyboard on a Mac OSX

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The Option key that I typically use to access these characters does not work in MATLAB 6.5 (R13) on Mac OS X.

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This bug has been fixed for Release 14 (R14). For previous releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

This is a bug in the MATLAB 6.5 (R13) for Mac OS X (Puma). To resolve the problem, you will need to upgrade your operating system to Mac OS X (Jaguar) and install the patch for MATLAB on Jaguar. More information on this patch can be found in the Related Solution listed below.

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This issue was addressed in Release 14 (R14).

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This is an issue with the underlying Java libraries on macOS.

There are a few solutions to this issue:

Upgrading to MacOS 10.15.4 or later will resolve the problem permanently.
If that is not an option, you can undock the Editor or Command Window as a fix for the immediate issue. Please note the issue will reoccur if the Editor or Command Window are docked again.
If you do not need to enter such characters, then you can run the following command in the Mac terminal :

defaults write com.mathworks.matlab ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

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