The configuration directory


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This directory contains files and information needed to install MMAlpha. More information is available here (mirrored in Appendix E of the QuickStart document.)

Installation

The init.m file must be either called by your own init.m file when you start MMAlpha or copied in your base directory.

A few words of explanations. When you start Mathematica (on any system), Mathematica executes the file named init.m which is present in a directory called the base directory, at least, if such a file exists. The address of this directory, which depends on your operating system, is obtained by evaluating the variable $UserBaseDirectory in Mathematica.

To run MMAlpha, you should write such an init.m file and put it in your base directory. This file could contain, at least:
Get[ Environment["MMALPHA"]<>"/config/init.m" ] ;
which will read the init.m file contained in this directory. You could also add here additional Mathematica instructions. For example, the following
$myNotebooks = ".../myNotebooks";
$myMasterNotebook = "myMaster.nb";
that would set the MMAlpha variables $myNotebooks and $myMasterNotebook which are used to indicate to MMAlpha where your own notebooks and your master notebook are located (see explanations in the master notebook of MMAlpha, in section More).

Troubleshooting

If you cannot start MMAlpha, check the following.
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