Check for required Matlab toolboxes

[rcassani]

1. Add a check for the required Matlab toolboxes.

2. Let Brainstorm to handle FieldTrip defaults

3. Bugfix at creating paths in Unix-like OS

[ftadel]

@branelab
You should not add or remove folders from the FieldTrip path, you should let Brainstorm and/or FieldTrip manage their own paths.
When installing FieldTrip, one should NOT add all the subfolders to the Matlab path. Only the top folder of FieldTrip can be added to the path (exactly like Brainstorm). Then FieldTrip adds to the path the subfolders that are needed only, depending on the Matlab version and the additional toolboxes installed on the computer.

@rcassani
You may remove all these lines dealing with the FieldTrip path management: these folders should not be in there in the first place. Trying to manage manually the paths of FieldTrip and Brainstorm can lead to bugs that are difficult to understand, even by the developers.

[rcassani]

@ftadel, thanks for the insight. The handling of the FT path is removed.
However a new trouble is found as there is dependency for FT functions in ft_plotting, and it's loaded by Brainstorm.

[ftadel]

However a new trouble is found as there is dependency for FT functions in ft_plotting, and it's loaded by Brainstorm.

Can you give some more details about this issue?

rcassani closed this 18 hours ago

Dead end?

[rcassani]

Can you give some more details about this issue?

Sorry for the false alarm, it was my messy path

Dead end?

Not really, I think the FT path handling can be solved like this: 5ed7b77