Loading Programs in new sessions

[XcasEngGuy]

I have developed a "library" of programs that I use to decompose and reassemble equations as well as other functions I use frequently. I normally load them into a program level in line one. Is there a way to cause a new session to be preloaded with stuff (like maybe a template)?

[parisse]

You can add a load command in ~/.xcasrc (or xcas.rc on windows)

[XcasEngGuy]

I can't find a reference to a load command. Is it in the documentation? A simple example load command would probably fix my problem.

Matt

[parisse]

You can enter any valid xcas command in ~/.xcasrc, including read("filename");

[XcasEngGuy]

Sorry, I still am having trouble getting it. Is there any documentation for "valid xcas commands"? Does xcas have a command line somewhere that I can try commands on? I feel like I am missing a very simple bit of something. A list of valid commands would be great. By the way, are there command line options for xcas?

Matt

[parisse]

Valid xcas command means any command you write in a xcas history level. For example read("filename") is an xcas command that reads the file and runs it.

[XcasEngGuy]

I understand now. I ended up using a template .xws file because it gave me more flexibility. I implemented this with a modified start script (runxcas.en in my case). The modified script follows:

#! /bin/bash
export LANG=en
export XCAS_ROOT='/cygdrive/C/Programs_OS/xcas'
# export XCAS_HOME='/cygdrive/p'
# export XCAS_AUTOSAVEFOLDER='/cygdrive/p'
export XCAS_LOCALE="$XCAS_ROOT/locale/"
export XCAS_HELP="$XCAS_ROOT/aide_cas"
cp /cygdrive/C/Programs_OS/xcas/eq_funcs_template.xws /cygdrive/C/Programs_OS/xcas/eq_funcs.xws
if [ "$1" == "" ]
then
$XCAS_ROOT/xcas.exe /cygdrive/C/Programs_OS/xcas/eq_funcs.xws
else
$XCAS_ROOT/xcas.exe /cygdrive/C/Programs_OS/xcas/eq_funcs.xws "$1"
fi

the cp command guards against accidentally hitting save in the template (instead of save-as). The if statement was necessary to prevent the creation of an empty window when called with no filename in $1.

Thanks for the help,
Matt