[scilab-Users] path

[Serge Steer]

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> De: "Ricardo Fabbri" <rfabbri at gmail.com>
> À: users at lists.scilab.org
> Envoyé: Mercredi 12 Octobre 2011 20:09:03
> Objet: [scilab-Users] path
> Hello, all,
> 
> I have some simple questions, I knew their answer, but I wonder if
> things in recent scilab versions:
> 
> - Is there anything like a search PATH setting? For instance, I would
> like to execute myscript.sce, but without specifying its full path. I
> would also like to load a function automatically if it is in the path,
> more or less matlab style.
>

for this point there is a solution  based on an undocumented feature
if the %onprompt function is defined it is automatically called just after the main prompt is displayed.

Try 
function %onprompt(),mprintf("hello\n"),endfunction

Using this function it is possible to implement a Matlab like mechanism (I have developped it, but the code is corrently located on my computer at work which is down due to a disk problem.
If you need it  I can send it to you when my desktop problem will be fixed.
It is not very hard

Define a global variable PATHS that contains a string vector of paths
for each path, use lstfiles to get the sci files, using newest determines which requires to be reloaded, exec these one inside a try.

Using who("get") at the beginning and at the end of the process allows to know which are the refined functions. Finally a resume with the names of redefined functions as lhs and rhs finishes the job.

Note however this  works for functions and not for scripts.

Serge


Serge
> - Aliases: is there a way to define an alias to a function? for
> example,
> alias ("doc", help)
> 
> There is newfun/funptr combination to do this, but I wonder if
> something simple like the above, for all types of functions, are
> available.
> 
The Samuel's answer is perfect.
> Thanks,
> Ricardo
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