build in fileio support for the MEF format

[schoffelen]

This is a trimmed down version of the original PR by @jiecui: #2379

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[schoffelen]

Hi @jiecui, my suggestion would be to take it from here. I am currently trying (suffering) to get the Darkhorse stuff installed on our compute cluster, and combined with your toolbox, so that I can minimally test the functionality with your supplied test function. If that all works, I can proceed by making a scaffold page for the documentation, so that people can be instructed what to download (read_MED and your toolbox + setup the mex files) so that they can get started themselves.

Does that sound like a plan?

[jiecui]

Hi @schoffelen, thank you so much for the effort! Sounds great! Please let me know if there is anything I can contribute. Just apologize in advance in case my response is slow. BTW, I think the link to download the latest version of "read_MED" from DHN (Darkhorse Neuro) is https://darkhorseneuro.com/downloads.html#utilities (then choose the download per OS).

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You should test whether your modifications do not break anything.
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When outside the DCCN, please consider testing: test_bug3075, test_tutorial_eeg_preprocessing, test_bug1248, test_bug2231, test_bug2482, test_pull1331, test_bug1408, test_bug2956, test_pull1600, test_bug2277, test_bug1142, test_bug804, test_bug2370, test_bug1571, test_yorkinstruments, test_ft_combineplanar, test_issue1311, test_bug2590, test_bug1262, test_read_trigger, test_issue1585, test_pull731, test_tutorial_meguk2015, test_issue627, test_bug1404, test_tutorial_timefrequencyanalysis, test_bug97, test_pull2050, test_example_incorporate_head_movements, test_tutorial_preprocessing, test_tutorial_eventrelatedaveraging, test_tutorial_timefrequencyanalysis20130308, test_bug1397, inspect_issue1216, test_bug2269, test_issue2021, test_firwsfiltering

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[schoffelen]

I am almost there, but I cannot read the version 1 files, because the darkhorseneuro code has been compiled against a version of glibc that I don't have access to.

[schoffelen]

do you know whether the source code for read_MED can be downloaded from somewhere?

[schoffelen]

I tried to read MED 1 files on my Mac, but also failed.... My current conclusion is that the code provided by darkhorse is not really robust.

[github-actions]

You should test whether your modifications do not break anything.
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When outside the DCCN, please consider testing: test_yorkinstruments, test_bug2370, test_bug2269, test_bug3075, test_bug2482, test_bug2956, test_bug804, test_pull1600, test_bug1248, test_firwsfiltering, test_pull731, test_issue1311, test_bug2277, test_tutorial_eventrelatedaveraging, test_bug1262, test_bug2590, test_bug97, test_tutorial_timefrequencyanalysis, test_tutorial_preprocessing, test_bug1397, test_tutorial_eeg_preprocessing, test_bug1571, test_bug1142, test_tutorial_timefrequencyanalysis20130308, test_ft_combineplanar, test_bug1408, test_pull2050, test_issue2021, test_example_incorporate_head_movements, test_issue1585, test_bug2231, test_read_trigger, test_bug1404, test_tutorial_meguk2015, test_issue627, test_pull1331, inspect_issue1216

When inside the DCCN, please also consider testing: test_bug2415, test_bug1359, test_yorkinstruments, inspect_bug645, test_bug1490, test_bug1808, test_issue789, test_pull1248, test_bug1665, test_bug2482, test_bug3027, test_issue1425, test_bug804, test_bug1856, test_pull2111, test_bug963, test_bug1490b, test_bug1667, test_bug1266, test_bug1427, test_bug1807, test_bug1403, test_pull731, test_bug182, test_issue1991, test_bug2060, test_bug2888, test_issue2026, test_issue1320, test_pull832, test_bug2220, test_bug1262, test_bug629, test_bug1412, test_bug97, test_bug2093, test_ft_read_header, test_issue1972, test_bug2027, test_bug1571, test_pull1229, test_bug1306, test_bug1125, test_bug1998, test_issue1585, test_curry, test_bug1407, test_bug2385, test_issue1387, test_bug2231, test_issue1601, test_bug1924, test_bug1914, test_bug2887, test_pull574_reref, test_bug1348, test_tutorial_meguk2015, test_ft_preprocessing, test_bug1129, test_pull1271, test_issue1992, test_readcompresseddata, test_ctf2grad, test_bug2303, test_bug2170, test_pull769, test_bug3207, inspect_issue1216

Suggested tests outside the DCCN use public data or do not use data.
Suggested tests inside the DCCN use private data.

[github-actions]

You should test whether your modifications do not break anything.
See https://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org/development/testing/

When outside the DCCN, please consider testing: test_tutorial_preprocessing, test_bug3075, test_tutorial_eeg_preprocessing, test_example_incorporate_head_movements, test_issue1311, test_read_trigger, test_bug2956, test_bug2231, test_tutorial_meguk2015, test_bug1397, test_bug1142, test_bug2590, test_issue1585, test_pull2050, test_firwsfiltering, test_ft_combineplanar, test_issue2021, test_tutorial_timefrequencyanalysis, test_tutorial_timefrequencyanalysis20130308, test_bug1408, test_bug1262, test_bug1571, test_tutorial_eventrelatedaveraging, test_bug2277, test_pull1600, inspect_issue1216, test_bug97, test_bug2269, test_issue627, test_bug1248, test_yorkinstruments, test_bug2370, test_pull731, test_bug804, test_bug2482, test_bug1404, test_pull1331

When inside the DCCN, please also consider testing: test_pull832, test_bug2482, test_pull2111, test_bug1266, test_curry, test_bug1359, test_pull1229, test_pull1271, test_bug2385, test_bug1924, test_bug2170, test_bug2231, test_bug1125, test_bug3027, test_pull769, test_bug1808, test_tutorial_meguk2015, test_bug2060, test_bug1306, test_pull1248, test_readcompresseddata, test_bug1856, test_bug629, test_bug182, test_bug1807, test_ft_read_header, test_issue1992, test_bug2093, test_bug2027, test_issue1585, test_bug1665, inspect_bug645, test_bug1427, test_bug1998, test_bug1490, test_bug1403, test_bug1348, test_bug1490b, test_bug1667, test_ft_preprocessing, test_bug1407, test_bug2220, test_bug1412, test_bug3207, test_bug1262, test_issue1320, test_bug2415, test_pull574_reref, test_issue1387, test_issue789, test_bug1914, test_bug1571, test_bug2887, test_issue2026, test_bug963, test_bug2303, inspect_issue1216, test_bug97, test_bug1129, test_issue1991, test_yorkinstruments, test_bug2888, test_issue1972, test_pull731, test_bug804, test_issue1601, test_issue1425, test_ctf2grad

Suggested tests outside the DCCN use public data or do not use data.
Suggested tests inside the DCCN use private data.

[schoffelen]

I would like to move forward with this. At this stage I think that - as far as this PR is concerned - nothing needs to be done anymore. The following PRs still need work though: fieldtrip/website#771, and
jiecui/mef_reader_fieldtrip#1

@jiecui I will merge this PR here for now, and hope that you will find some time soon to work on the other PRs