Index: /issm/trunk/startup.m
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--- /issm/trunk/startup.m	(revision 1030)
+++ /issm/trunk/startup.m	(revision 1031)
@@ -42,2 +42,16 @@
 	fprintf('\n  To get started with ISSM, type issmdoc at the command prompt.\n\n');
 end
+
+%  deal with Matlab bug (on Linux, not WinXP) -- unless
+%  the class has been called, "empty" method can not be found
+normal_uncertain;
+continuous_design;
+continuous_state;
+linear_inequality_constraint;
+linear_equality_constraint;
+response_function;
+objective_function;
+least_squares_term;
+nonlinear_inequality_constraint;
+nonlinear_equality_constraint;
+