Re: finding package in ExtraPackages`Enhancements`
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- Subject: [mg54205] Re: finding package in ExtraPackages`Enhancements`
- From: tt at tt.com
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:21:35 -0500 (EST)
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Oups, made an error in my previous follow up. I personnally added the AppenTo[$Path .... thing in the sysinit.m file in the directory C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\5.1\SystemFiles\Kernel\SystemResources\Windows (obviously a Windows installation) and not the init.m file in the directory C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\5.1\Configuration\Kernel GL On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 07:28:56 +0000 (UTC), DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com> wrote: >EVERYTHING in $UserBaseDirectory\Applications is an add-on, so it seems redundant to have one directory called AddOns, let alone two. "ExtraPackages" and "Enhancements" likewise appear unnecessary, uninformative, and redundant. Is there a user package that ISN'T an added-on, extra, enhancement? I don't think so. > >Therefore, I suggest putting the package file directly in $UserBaseDirectory\Applications, edit it to remove mention of "Enhancements" from the BeginPackage statement, and load it with <<RootSearch` or Needs["RootSearch`"]. > >Otherwise, put it in $UserBaseDirectory\Applications\Enhancements (AS IS), and load it with <<Enhancements`RootSearch` or Needs["Enhancements`RootSearch`"]. > >Bobby > >On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:33:42 -0500 (EST), Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote: > >> I'm still at a loss here... What the installation directions for Ersek's >> RootSearch.m actually say is to create, if it's not already present, an >> Enhancements subdirectory of >> >> ToFileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", "ExtraPackages"}] >> >> and to put RootSearch.m there. >> >> But I want to separate all such add-ons from the Mathematica >> $TopDirectory tree, so they can readily be preserved during updates from >> one version of Mathematica to another. >> >> So I created a new tree under my $UserBaseDirectory, with top levels: >> >> FileNames[$UserBaseDirectory <> "\\*"] >> {D:\Math\AddOns\AddOns, D:\Math\AddOns\Applications, >> D:\Math\AddOns\Autoload, \ >> D:\Math\AddOns\Documentation, D:\Math\AddOns\FrontEnd, >> D:\Math\AddOns\Kernel, \ >> D:\Math\AddOns\Licensing, D:\Math\AddOns\SystemFiles, D:\Math\AddOns\User} >> >> But Mathematica does not seem to search within D:\Math\AddOns\AddOns, so >> it never finds >> >> D:\Math\AddOns\AddOns\ExtraPackages\Enhancements >> >> in which I placed RootSearch.m. >> >> Previously, I had tried, instead, to put that ExtraPackages tree at the >> top level of $UserBaseDirectory, so that: >> >> FileNames[$UserBaseDirectory <> "\\*"] >> {D:\Math\AddOns\Applications, D:\Math\AddOns\Autoload, \ >> D:\Math\AddOns\Documentation, D:\Math\AddOns\ExtraPackages, \ >> D:\Math\AddOns\FrontEnd, D:\Math\AddOns\Kernel, D:\Math\AddOns\Licensing, \ >> D:\Math\AddOns\SystemFiles, D:\Math\AddOns\User} >> >> Notice that the ExtraPackages directory was in that search path, but >> still Mathematica does not find RootSearch in response to command: >> >> << Enhancements`RootSearch` >> >> The trouble seems to be a lack of parallel in the way Mathematica treats >> >> ToFileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", "ExtraPackages"}] >> >> and >> >> ToFileName[{$UserBaseDirectory, "AddOns", "ExtraPackages"}] >> >> in that the former IS on the search path but the latter is not. >> >> >> >> David Annetts wrote: >>> Hi Murray, >>> >>> >>>> Various packages suggest they should be installed in >>>> subdirectories of ExtraPackages. For example, Ersek's >>>> RootSearch.m, is to be installed in subdirectory Enhancements >>>> of ExtraPackages. >>>> I keep all such 3rd party add-ons in a directory tree >>>> separate from the Mathematica install directory tree. >>>> Namely, in a directory to which $UserBaseDirectory points. >>>> Thus, RootSearch.m is in directory: >>>> >>>> ToFileName[{$UserBaseDirectory, "ExtraPackages", "Enhancements"}] >>>> >>>> Yet still a command such as >>>> >>>> <<Enhancements`RootSearch` >>>> >>>> or >>>> >>>> Needs["Enhancements`RootSearch`"] >>>> >>>> fails to find its target. >>>> >>>> How can I make this work? >>> >>> >>> As far as I can tell, you have an incorrect path. >>> >>> My $UserBaseDirectory is >>> In[6]:= >>> FileNames[$UserBaseDirectory<>"\\*"] >>> >>> Out[6]= >>> {C:\Documents and Settings\dwa\Application \ >>> Data\Mathematica\Applications,C:\Documents and Settings\dwa\Application \ >>> Data\Mathematica\Autoload,C:\Documents and Settings\dwa\Application \ >>> Data\Mathematica\FrontEnd,C:\Documents and Settings\dwa\Application \ >>> Data\Mathematica\Kernel,C:\Documents and Settings\dwa\Application \ >>> Data\Mathematica\Licensing,C:\Documents and Settings\dwa\Application \ >>> Data\Mathematica\SystemFiles} >>> >>> Of these, only $UserBaseDirectory<>"\\Applications" is has any packages. >>> >>> You need to put RootSearch in either >>> $UserBaseDirectory<>"\\AddOns\\Enhancements" or >>> $UserBaseDirectory<>"\\Applications\\Enhancements". >>> >>> The introduction to the package says as much. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>
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- Re: finding package in ExtraPackages`Enhancements`
- From: "David Annetts" <davidannetts@aapt.net.au>
- Re: Re: finding package in ExtraPackages`Enhancements`
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>
- Re: finding package in ExtraPackages`Enhancements`