Re: init.m problem, WinXP with 5.0.1.0
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- Subject: [mg53608] Re: init.m problem, WinXP with 5.0.1.0
- From: Helen Read <read at math.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 03:47:49 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: EM Computer Facility, The University of Vermont
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Curt Fischer wrote: > I run Mathematica for Students on 5.0.1.0 on Windows XP Professional, > and haven't had any problems until recently when I began to change my > init.m file. > > Now on first loading the kernel, the message window displays errors such as > > ---Error message below:--- > > Syntax::sntxq: The string starting at "Begin[\"System`Private`\"]" > ^ > has no closing quote. (line 18 of "C:\Program > Files\Wol<<40>>ion\Kernel\i > nit.m") > > ---End error message--- > > For reference, below is my init.m file. I do not see any extraneous or > missing quotation marks, so I cannot figure out what the problem is. > > ---Begin init.m file--- > > > (** User Mathematica initialization file **) > > (** Decide how to display graphics on this machine **) > > Begin[\"System`Private`\"] I have Begin["System`Private`"] in my init.m That is, no backslashes in there. -- Helen Read University of Vermont