Re: How to change the directory for the docs?
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- Subject: [mg115147] Re: How to change the directory for the docs?
- From: David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 04:56:54 -0500 (EST)
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On 01/01/2011 09:25, kj wrote: > I want to change the location of the docs from the default under > $InstallationDirectory to a location under $UserBaseDirectory. > (Of course, I want to do this in a way that works with the Mathematica > help commands, such as selecting Help on the menu or pressing F1, > etc., and that does not break any of the internal hyperlinks from > one documentation page to another.) > > How can I do this? > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! > > ~kj > > P.S. I believe this involves modifying System`SystemHelpPath somehow, > but I can't find out how to do this. For one thing, I can't > determine the current value for this symbol (it evaluates to itself, > DownValues, UpValues, SubValues, DefaultValues, etc., are all empty > lists). > It might help to explain why you want to do this. There is probably an easier way to achieve whatever it is you want to do. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk