sen1 at math.msu.edu writes:
> Hi,
> Is there a simple way in Win-XP to go into a directory, load xmaxima,
> and be able to load files in the new directory?
>
> Of course, if I know the directory in advance, I can simply add its
> full path to the file_search_maxima list. I am looking for a
> transparent way as in Linux:
> one needs only put
>
> file_search_maxima: append(file_search_maxima,["./###.{lisp,mac}"]);
>
> into the maxima-init.mac file.
>
> If I simply load xmaxima from the desktop, it doesn't know what the
> current directory is. Also, if I use a command window, I can't load
> xmaxima.
By default xmaxima and maxima.bat shortcuts have empty
(unset) working directory. But you can set this directory
manually say c:\work
After this command load("tst.mac"); will find and load
file located at c:\work\tst.mac
It works for xmaxima and console maxima but not for
wxMaxima.
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Vadim V. Zhytnikov
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