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I'm trying to get Mathematica to look in a different, version-tracked folder for the 'TextResources' files that it uses to build the Front End. I've prepended my version-tracked folder path to the $FrontEnd option PrivatePaths, both from the Options Inspector and using SetOptions. Both of these methods make Mathematica use my version-tracked files the next time I restart the Front End, but it quickly reverts to the versions at $InstallationDirectory\SystemFiles\FrontEnd\TextResources\Windows within one or two Front End restarts.

I'm not certain what triggers this switch back to the default directory, but I'd really like to stop it from happening so that I can reliably and persistently use my customized, version-tracked instances of the 'TextResources' files. How might I accomplish this?

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  • $\begingroup$ You can put appropriate files in $UserBaseDirectory instead of editing system files. Then you can start different versions of Mathematica with different $UserBaseDirectory by setting MATHEMATICA_BASE and/or MATHEMATICA_USERBASE enviromental variables depending on your OS. $\endgroup$
    – ybeltukov
    Dec 9, 2013 at 22:23
  • $\begingroup$ @ybeltukov He doesn't appear to be editing system files. He refers to having his own version tracked files. $\endgroup$
    – Mike Honeychurch
    Dec 9, 2013 at 22:56
  • $\begingroup$ I am indeed editing the files in Mathematica's 'TextResources' folder, but as Mike said above, I want to place my edited versions in a separate folder and load those versions preferentially over the ones in Mathematica's default 'TextResources' folder. $\endgroup$
    – bdot
    Dec 9, 2013 at 23:43
  • $\begingroup$ @bdot yes that is the way I read your question. On OS X I have not noticed an issue but I only did a couple of restarts. Maybe when i have more time I can test more fully. $\endgroup$
    – Mike Honeychurch
    Dec 10, 2013 at 0:15
  • $\begingroup$ @MikeHoneychurch Thanks for helping out by trying to recreate the issue on your machine. I'm not certain that it's restarting the Front End that resets the PrivatePaths Option; I'll do some more systematic testing to see if I can figure out precisely what action is responsible for resetting the $FrontEnd Options. Do let me know if you have any thoughts on the issue. Thanks! $\endgroup$
    – bdot
    Dec 10, 2013 at 1:21

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