Add support for .fig file parsing

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, matlab
Domain
data

Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure when matfilerw opens a MATLAB .fig file and trace the source of the incorrect matlab array class: function_handle error. Compare the .fig structure with the referenced MAT-file format description; done means .fig files parse successfully and can support DiffPlug viewing and diffing.

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Description

enhancement

MATLAB .fig files are just MAT-files. (Undocumented MATLAB)

When opening one of these files in matfilerw, it errors with incorrect matlab array class: function_handle.

If this is fixed, it will enable DiffPlug to view and diff figure files.

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