Saving edited packages
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- Subject: [mg6261] Saving edited packages
- From: lompado at liger.uah.edu
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 01:29:21 -0500
- Organization: HiWAAY Information Services
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I'm having trouble saving a package after I edit it using version 3.0 (on a Windows '95 machine). It appears that every time I save the package, the entire body of the package gets commented out (i.e., (* --body of package--*) ) and subsequent attempts at loading the newly saved package are unsuccessful. The error message says that the "Context MyPackage` was not created when Needs was evaluated" where MyPackage is the name of the package. When I use $Packages to check my contexts, the package is not in the context list. I have been trying to save the newly edited package using the "Save as Special - Package Format" command in the file menu. Simply using "Save" in the file menu saves the package as a notebook. I can't find any references in the Mathematica book regarding the correct way to save an edited package (or a new package for that matter). Incidentally, once the package has been modified, I try to save it with the same name as the original. Mathematica seems to be happy with that though and simply queries as to whether I want to overwrite the old one. The packages (both old and new) reside in the .\Add-Ons\Applications directory and this directory is indicated in the $Path command when I run it. Finally, prior to editing (which entails modifying a couple of functions) the old package loads properly. Am I missing something here? Has anyone run into this problem or do you know of a reference that teaches one how to properly (re)save packages? Thanks in advance for your time and consideration. Regards, Artie University of Alabama in Huntsville Physics Department Optics Building, Room 201c Huntsville, Al 35899 Lompado at liger.uah.edu