Path and libs

[Maki 1sy8]

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:07 PM, François Vogel <fvogelnew1 at free.fr> wrote:
> You can getf("mywonderfulfoobar.thebestscript") if you want to.
>

I went into the getf help and I saw this:
'getf is an obsolete way for loading functions into scilab from a
file. It is replaced by the function.'

Kind of short: Replaced by which function exactly?  Is it the exec
function the help is talking about a few words later in the same
paragraph ?

I have a few questions related to path and user libs management. In
Matlab, under the File menu, one could set path, or add path with all
subfolders for example so any .m function would be directly known
under Matlab apart from the current directory which is in the 'path'
automatically.

1-  How do I change the current directory in Scilab? Going thru the
french menu   Fichier->Changer le repertoire courant is very
cumbersome: I can't browse  to the directory I want to use! I'm stuck
to the Desktop!

2- What is SCIHOME? It has nothing to do with the current working
directory displayed by the Fichier->Afficher le repertoire courant
command. Why can't I change it thru the Applications->Editeur de
variable menu?

3- I would like to load at startup, say, a directory with a hierarchy
of subdirectories containing user-defined functions (which I call a
user library but then I don't know if Scilab libraries/toolboxes are
managed this way) so that I can use these functions right away. How
can I do this?