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15 questions linked to/from How to use the Autoload directory?
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Why doesn't my package load automatically when placed in \$UserBaseDirectory\Autoload? [duplicate]
I'm using Mathematica 10.4 on Windows 10.
I created a package which loads when I run
Needs["sub`package`"]
That works whether the package is placed relative to ...
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How symbol lookup actually works
Bug introduced in V6 and fixed in V11.3
The behavior indeed changed but now the documentation is clear about it.
This code is inconsistent with the description from Power Programming with ...
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Mathematica "prelude"
Is there any way to have the functions from a mathematica file be loaded on startup?
For example, in this excellent answer, Jens helps me out and gives me some functions for creating legends for ...
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Detecting kernel initialization
Certain operations do not work during kernel initialization. Code from Kernel/init.m, the Autoload directory, or packages set ...
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Package found with `Needs`, but not with `ParallelNeeds`
I want to use a self-written package in a parallel computation. However while Needs["mypackage`"] works without problems, ...
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How can I customize my menus without reloading MenuSetup.tr?
I want to edit my menus and know I can do this via MenuSetup.tr but can I do this in real time? Can I do it temporarily?
Moreover can I change whether the changes ...
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How to use Get on a folder
Documentation flaw introduced before 9.0 and persisting through V11.0.0
In the documentation for Get it says:
If the file found by ...
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Handling Kernel start. What is a full initialization stack and what place the Autoload has there?
According to: tutorial/WolframSystemSessions
Initialization
On startup, the Wolfram Language kernel does the following:
Performs license management operations.
Runs Wolfram Language ...
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Register "initialization code" to run on any newly started parallel kernel
Is it possible to register a some "initialization code" to be run on any newly started parallel kernel?
This would be similar to how ParallelNeeds registers a ...
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How to ensure that a package is always loaded on startup, even in parallel kernels?
Is there a robust way to ensure that a package is always loaded on startup, even in parallel kernels?
Parallel kernels do not read Kernel/init.m.
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init.m in Autoload directory is not read by parallel kernels in M11.2
Parallel kernels are not reading the init.m files in $UserBaseDirectory/Autoload since version 11.2. The master kernel reads it ...
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How to make the variables in $init.m$ not impact the autocompletion
The autocompletion is very convient in Mathematica,but it will make one annoying sometimes when you have a ton variables.I give a scene I encounter.I usually make ...
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Autoload a package
I want to aoutoload a package at the beginning of a notebook.
I set up my directory as written here
How to use the Autoload directory?
So, I have these files:
../Work/MyFile.nb
../Work/Autoload/...
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How to autoload user-def functions (in a .m or .nb file)?
How to autoload a few user-def funcions?.
For example the function
emo[x_]:=Module[{a=x},If[x>0,"Happy","Sad"]]
saved in a .nb file or in a ....
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Is it possible to define a new built-in function in Mathematica? [duplicate]
Say I want to define a function to do integration by part, is it possible to define it as a new built-in function in Mathematica, so that I don't need to define it every time I want to use it?
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