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Re: Importing and retaining graphics

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg75253] Re: Importing and retaining graphics
• From: AES <siegman at stanford.edu>
• Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:09:36 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Stanford University
• References: <f079ri$48g$1@smc.vnet.net> <f09gmp$149$1@smc.vnet.net>

In article <f09gmp$149$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
 Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Took me a lot of searching around before I discovered how to format the 
> > right path, and what paths Import[] actually searched.
> 
> And Menu Input -> Get File Path does not help?
> 

Yes, this does help.  

My point is that

IF an ordinary user is starting at Import[] help, 

AND IF Import[] is a command and a process whose success depends heavily 
on file paths

AND IF paths is a fairly complex topic with which said ordinary user may 
not have great previous familiarity 

[all of these being hypotheses which I think are reasonable ones]

THEN it would be helpful to put just a simple note of, or pointer to, 
the path concept in the Import[] help documentation.