diff --git a/zUtil_Cryst/gtVectorCryst2Lab.m b/zUtil_Cryst/gtVectorCryst2Lab.m
index 0a30e32c38cae6ca3b1b16e4cbefa2df7bb68c41..a59ffdaca741b3e44f7ac645ff15c6c69d91cd22 100644
--- a/zUtil_Cryst/gtVectorCryst2Lab.m
+++ b/zUtil_Cryst/gtVectorCryst2Lab.m
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ elseif isnumeric(mode)
 elseif ischar(mode) && strcmp(mode, 'diag')
     if M ~= N
         gtError('gtVectorCryst2Lab:wrong_mode', ...
-            ['''diag'' mode needs as many vectors as matrices!']);
+            '''diag'' mode needs as many vectors as matrices!');
     end
     diag = true;
 else
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ elseif M > 1 && N > 1
     Vc = reshape(Vc.', [3 1 1 M]);
 
     % Multiply and sum along 1st axis to reproduce Vs = Vc . g
-    Vs = permute(squeeze(sum(bsxfun(@times, Vc, g), 1)), [mode]);
+    Vs = permute(squeeze(sum(bsxfun(@times, Vc, g), 1)), mode);
 
 else
     gtError('gtVectorCryst2Lab:wrong_input_size', ...
diff --git a/zUtil_Parameters/gtSubList.m b/zUtil_Parameters/gtSubList.m
index 94fc64f25fe2191e48ac28ccb23a6b614e8d2be1..c593bac11d126bc93987b2e15114f0b5057b72a2 100644
--- a/zUtil_Parameters/gtSubList.m
+++ b/zUtil_Parameters/gtSubList.m
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 function sublist = gtSubList(list, varargin)
+% GTSUBLIST  Creates sub-list to give to gtModifyStructure
+%     sublist = gtSubList(list, varargin)
+%     -----------------------------------
+%     based on a list created using make_parameters / build_list,
+%     make a sublist suitable for gtModifyStructure, containing only the
+%     requested fields.
 %
-% based on a list created using make_parameters / build_list,
-% make a sublist suitable for gtModifyStructure, containing only the
-% requested fields.
-%
-% input, for example: gtSubList(list.acq, 'name', 'dir', energy')
-% output: sublist, a 3x2 cell for gtModifyStructure
+%     input, for example: gtSubList(list.acq, 'name', 'dir', energy')
+%     output: sublist, a 3x2 cell for gtModifyStructure
 
 % preallocate sublist
 sublist=cell(length(varargin), 2);
 
-for i=1:length(varargin)
-    ndx=find(strcmp(list(:,1), varargin{i}));
+for ii=1:length(varargin)
+    ndx=find(strcmp(list(:,1), varargin{ii}));
     if ~isempty(ndx)
-    sublist{i,1}=list{ndx, 1};
-    sublist{i,2}=list{ndx, 2}; 
+        sublist{ii,1}=list{ndx, 1};
+        sublist{ii,2}=list{ndx, 2}; 
     else
-        disp(sprintf('problem with input to gtSubList - field name %s not found in main list',  varargin{i}))
+        disp(['problem with input to gtSubList - field name ' varargin{ii} ' not found in main list'])
     end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
+end % end of function
diff --git a/zUtil_Parameters/make_parameters.m b/zUtil_Parameters/make_parameters.m
index 0ed6e1c163d1058640359fa6a593aeacfb70fdd5..b77527eaac9d9a16f2ba3c9c6f06b2c6d5b0254b 100644
--- a/zUtil_Parameters/make_parameters.m
+++ b/zUtil_Parameters/make_parameters.m
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 function [parameters, list] = make_parameters(version)
 % MAKE_PARAMETERS  Create a parameters.mat file with empty fields
-%     [parameters, list] = make_parameters(version,debug)
-%     ---------------------------------------------------
+%     [parameters, list] = make_parameters(version)
+%     ---------------------------------------------
 %
 %     INPUT:
 %       version  = -1 (load a specific .mat file)
@@ -18,26 +18,25 @@ function [parameters, list] = make_parameters(version)
 %       Creates a .mat file with description for each field in the parameters.mat to be used with gtModifyStructure.m
 %
 
-    disp('Getting the field list of parameters...')
-    switch (version)
-        case -1
-            filename = inputwdefault('Insert filepath of the mat file to load', ...
-                './parameters.mat');
-            pars = load(filename, 'parameters');
-            pars = pars.parameters;
-            list       = complete_structure(pars, [], true, '__');       
-            parameters = build_structure(list, '__');
-        case 0
-            list       = build_list_v0();
-            parameters = build_structure(list, '__');
-        case 1
-            list       = build_list_v1();
-            parameters = build_structure(list, '__');
-        case 2
-            list       = build_list_v2();
-            parameters = build_structure(list, '__');
-            parameters.version.number = 2;
-    end
-end % end of function
-
+disp('Getting the field list of parameters...')
+switch (version)
+    case -1
+        filename = inputwdefault('Insert filepath of the mat file to load', ...
+            './parameters.mat');
+        pars = load(filename, 'parameters');
+        pars = pars.parameters;
+        list       = complete_structure(pars, [], true, '__');       
+        parameters = build_structure(list, '__');
+    case 0
+        list       = build_list_v0();
+        parameters = build_structure(list, '__');
+    case 1
+        list       = build_list_v1();
+        parameters = build_structure(list, '__');
+    case 2
+        list       = build_list_v2();
+        parameters = build_structure(list, '__');
+        parameters.version.number = 2;
+end
 
+end % end of function