NotebookPath Probe.
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg22831] NotebookPath Probe.
- From: James Fuite and Tania Nordli <jfuite at UAlberta.ca>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 01:01:34 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Dear Advanced Mathematica Users,
The function Options[$FrontEnd, NotebookPath], or use of the
Option Inspector, indicates the current list of paths that Mathematica
searches when trying to open notebooks. It seems that, when using the
function NotebookOpen, the notebook to be opened must fall within the
last folder of at least one of the paths. The function
SetOptions[$FrontEnd,NotebookPath:->{appropriate search path or list of
search paths}] can be used to change the value of NotebookPath, erasing
the old value. This seems troublesome, since, if I give a notebook that
alters the value of NotebookPath to someone else, their $FrontEnd is
permenantly altered.
My question is, from the Kernal, how can you add a new search
path to NotebookPath while maintaining the old search paths?
Sincerly,
James J. Fuite.