Re: octaverc and version in path?

[Dushan Mitrovich]

Thomas Treichl <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ben Abbott schrieb:
>> There has been a discussion on the help list regarding ".octaverc" and
>> the version specific path structure.
>>
>>     
>> http://www.nabble.com/path-3A-octave-3.0.0-can-27t-find-itself-to14506843.html
>>
>>
>> Below is an example of the contents of .octaverc taken from an install
>> of Octave 3.0.0 on Mac OS X.
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> ## Begin savepath auto-created section, do not edit
>>>  path ('.:
>>>         /Users/dushanm/Octave:
><SNIP .octavrc file>
>
>Dushan,
>
> I had a look at it.  If Octave.app starts up then there is a very similar
> path setting than you do manually in your .octaverc file.  However, with
> the 'path' command you are overwriting the complete path variable that
> was set up before or while startup.  Therefore a solution for your
> problem is to have something like the following code as your .octaverc
> file:
> 
>    ## .octaverc starts here
>    addpath (genpath ('/Users/dushanm/Octave'));
>    ## end of .octaverc file
> 
> The only line of code that is evaluated here "adds" the folder
> '/Users/dushanm/Octave' and all subfolders within '/Users/dushanm/Octave'
> to your path setting (and does not overwrite the other path setting that
> was made before).  This is all that you need, if not then please let us
> know once again.

Thomas,

Well, that's certainly simple enough - a lot simpler than the original
one I had :)  I'll test it...

... and it seems to work just fine.  Thank you.

- Dushan