\figureheight

According to the README file:

To specify the dimension of the plot from within the LaTeX document, try
>> matlab2tikz( 'myfile.tikz', 'height', '\figureheight', 'width', '\figurewidth' );

In fact, apparently you need a double backslash:
>> matlab2tikz( 'myfile.tikz', 'height', '\\figureheight', 'width', '\\figurewidth' );

(at least on Matlab 2009b)

Thanks for this excellent converter!
--federico

Ah, the dreaded escape characters.. I'll try to fix this in the next release.
Thanks for the hint!

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