Psychtoolbox-3

Psychophysics Toolbox Version 3 (PTB-3) is an open-source set of Matlab and GNU Octave functions for vision and neuroscience research. It makes it easy to synthesize and show accurately controlled visual and auditory stimuli and interact with the observer. Some of its functionality is available as part of Python toolkits like PsychoPy. For licenses, commercial support and services visit psychtoolbox.net. Follow us on Mastodon, BlueSky, or Twitter @psychtoolbox

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IsGUI

>Psychtoolbox>PsychOneliners

IsGUI - Is the Matlab or Octave GUI enabled in this session?

Returns 1 if GUI is enabled, 0 otherwise.

Matlab’s GUI is based on JAVA. Octave’s GUI is based on the QT toolkit.

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Psychtoolbox/PsychOneliners/IsGUI.m

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Last updated on July 09, 2025