Etienne Magro writes:
> Hello,
> I tried to put Maxima on a USB key without modify anything (I help on
> the "framakey" project) but for the moment, I have been obliged to
> change two lines in the file "maxima.bat" : I changed the line 20 by
> "set prefix=%CHDIR%.." and the following by "set
> maxima_prefix=%CHDIR%.." and it works. My question is why wasn't it done
> before whereas to edit the file every installation ? I think it's quite
> easier and now, I can use it on my USB key on every PC without modifying
> anything.
Hi!
Well, I worry that there is some misunderstanding.
CHDIR is Windows/MS-DOS command which changes
working directory or prints current working
directory (when called without parameters)
just like UNIX's pwd command.
But it has nothing to do with %CHDIR% !
%CHHDIR% is empty environment variable. So
set maxima_prefix=%CHDIR%..
is equivalent to
set maxima_prefix=..
And maxima.bat with such maxima_prefix works
but if and only if working directory is
Maxima's /bin directory. Original maxima.bat
can be called from any directory.
Best wishes,
Vadim
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Vadim V. Zhytnikov
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