MATLAB和字符编码:如何在UTF-8系统中运行/编辑ISO8859-1 m文件?

I have a large application written in Matlab with strings and comments using ISO8859-1. I would like to run and update this application in a UTF-8 Matlab environment (Matlab 2012a under Linux). Is it possible? The editor shows little squares for all non-ASCII characters and string comparisons don't seem to work.I have a large application written in Matlab wi