I already installed matlab-mode from the package list. However, not sure
where to add the path in ~/.spacemacs. Its a huge file, and the code structure look different from the path file:
(autoload 'matlab-mode "matlab" "Matlab Editing Mode" t)
(add-to-list
'auto-mode-alist
'("\\.m$" . matlab-mode))
(setq matlab-indent-function t)
(setq matlab-shell-command "matlab")
I think you may want to install matlab mode fromt he extra-langs layer.
In your dotspacemacs/configuration-layers you can add the line:
(extra-langs :variables matlab-mode).
Maybe this is what you said you did already though.
I don't think you have to add a path to the .spacemacs file. matlab-mode should just start up when you open a matlab file in emacs. And if for some reason it doesnt you can enable it with SPC SPC matlab-mode.
As to those variables you have though (matlab-indent-function and matlab-shell-command), they should go in dotspacemacs/user-config in the .spacemacs file.
Maybe you can put them in a hook with a function that initializes your matlab variables. The whole thing might look like this:
(defun dotspacemacs/user-config ()
(defun init-matlab ()
"Initializes my configuration for matlab mode."
(interactive)
(setq matlab-indent-function "")
(setq matlab-shell-command ""))
(add-hook 'matlab-mode-hook 'init-matlab)
)
major-modes (without mentioning this in the documentation) six years ago.