[scilab-Users] Path and libs

[François Vogel]

Maki 1sy8 said on 26/10/2008 15:24:
> 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 ?

Yes.
I have fixed this in the master branch.

> 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?

See help chdir  or  help cd

> 2- What is SCIHOME?

See the different help files proposed by apropos SCIHOME


> 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?

See help startup

Francois