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init.m question

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg5419] init.m question
• From: Bob Stagat <stagat at mrcsb.com>
• Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 00:25:48 -0500
• Organization: Regional Alliance for Information Networking (RAIN)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I just started using version 3.0 on a Power Mac. I wanted to have the
kernel automatically set $HistoryLength to 10 instead of Infinity. Based
on what I read in the documentation, I located the
Configuration:Kernel:init.m file and editted it. It originally contained
one Initialization cell with some stuff in it. I added a second
Initialization cell (to keep it clearly separate from Wolfram's default
stuff) which had nothing in it but a comment line and the following
line:

$HistoryLength=10

I restart Mathematica, expecting that the kernel will read my modified
init.m file and reset $HistoryLength. However, when I check it
Mathematica tells me that $HistoryLength = Infinity. 

Seems like this should be a trivial problem, but I can't seem to find
anything helpful in any of the documentation. Any suggestions on what I
should try next???

Bob Stagat
stagat at mrcsb.com