Hi Felix,

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:06 AM, felix <fe...@neuro.uni-bremen.de> wrote:
> Hi everyone,

I'm CC'ing your email to the sage-notebook mailing list where it would
be picked up by people interested in the Sage notebook.


> in sage 4.3.1 ~/.sage/init.sage is not automatically attached in the
> notebook. I use the file to add a custom directory to sys.path. I can
> import my own packages when running sage from the command line, but
> not from the notebook.
> Previously, I used the 4.1.1 release and init.sage was attached
> automatically so I could import my own packages from within the
> notebook. I'm on a macbook pro (15'' unibody), but still using OS X
> 10.5.8 (just didn't had the time to upgrade). Before, I downloaded
> sage binaries, but the new binary is for 10.6 only so I had to compile
> from source.
>
> For a quick test, I added the line:
>
>    testvar = 'test'
>
> to the file init.sage. The variable is defined when using sage from
> the command line:
>
>    felix$ sage
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>    | Sage Version 4.3.1, Release Date:
> 2010-01-20                       |
>    | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for
> information.       |
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>    sage: testvar
>    'test'
>
> but after calling notebook() and creating a new worksheet, the
> variable is not defined:
>
>    >>> testvar
>    NameError: name 'testvar' is not defined
>
> Since I couldn't find any documentation on changes regarding
> init.sage, I assume this is a bug in the latest release. Is this the
> case? I realise, that sage 4.3.1 includes a new notebook release and
> that the format for saved notebooks has changed.
>
>
> Felix

-- 
Regards
Minh Van Nguyen

-- 
To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to 
sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel
URL: http://www.sagemath.org

Reply via email to