Re: init.m questions and message windows
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- Subject: [mg23651] Re: init.m questions and message windows
- From: Dave Richardson <dhr at glue.umd.edu>
- Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 23:09:02 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Maryland
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jwojtkie at my-deja.com wrote: > I am trying to create some packages for functions that I use often. I > want to put them in my e:\home\mathematica\ directory so they aren't > lost in the mathematica directory tree and in a place that I back up > often. > I want to be able to call them like the standard packages. like > <<MyStuff`Test` > to find the package at e:\home\mathematica\MyStuff\Test.m > > I can't get mathematica to find the files though. I don't understand > how the contexts work. I tried to append the directory > (e:\home\mathematica\) to the $Path but that doesn't work. The output > shows it adds it but the next time I look at $Path the new item is gone. > > How do people here manage their new packages? Am I missing something > I've gone through all my books but they don't help. > > Another unrelated question. Can you send all messages to that special > message window that pops up when you put Print[] statements in your > init.m file. I could see how this would be useful to me sometimes but > can't figure out how to do it. > > Thanks for the help. > Jeff > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. Jeff, I created a new directory (Custom Packages), and put all of my Packages in there. Then you need to modify you init.m file. There are several, but the one in the : ...\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\4.0\Configuration\Kernel directory works. Just before: Begin["System`Private`"] Add AppendTo[$Path, "D:\\Program Files\\Wolfram Research\\Mathematica\\4.0\\AddOns\\Custom Packages"] Note: Change the "Path" to whatever your actual path to the files is... My init.m file looks like the following: (** User Mathematica initialization file **) (** Decide how to display graphics on this machine **) AppendTo[$Path, "D:\\Program Files\\Wolfram Research\\Mathematica\\4.0\\AddOns\\Custom Packages"] Begin["System`Private`"] (* Hide any symbols which are created *) Which[ $Remote || $ParentLink =!= Null, <<"PSDirect.m", Environment["DISPLAY"] =!= $Failed, <<"Motif.m", $SystemID == "NeXT", <<"NeXT.m", $SystemID == "NeXT-Intel", <<"NeXT.m", $SystemID == "NeXT-HP", <<"NeXT.m", $SystemID == "NeXT-SPARC", <<"NeXT.m", True, <<"Terminal.m" ] End[] Hope this helps! Dave! -- Dave Richardson University of Maryland Department of Mechanical Engineering Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (301) 405-8726 dhr at glue.umd.edu