On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Lombard, David N wrote:
> > This is how switcher has *always* been -- the switcher command only
> > changes your preferences, it does *not* change your current
> environment.
> > It is very strongly documented this way. From the text:
>
> I understand this is what it's always done -- I expected that. I've
> never used switcher, given my LAM preference. :^D
:-)
> > In fact, it would be very difficult to make it change your current
> > environment -- there's a bunch of very sitcky technical issues
> involved.
>
> The Unicos modules command worked that way (changing the current
> environment), similarly to my understanding of the underlying modules
> project, by aliasing commands to source directly into the current shell.
switcher uses the unicos modules as the back-end. switcher-reload is
simply an alias to "module unload switcher; module load switcher".
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