The user will expect that his normal .fricas.input is loaded before the
session, but it is not.
If you think that this is a problem, then what about adding
)cd
)read ".fricas.input"
at the end of texmacs.input?
Of course a fricas user might expect that the current working
directory does not change, i.e. he might expect that the fricas
working directory is the same as from where he started texmacs.
Exactly!
But honestly, I wouldn't trust that assumption if I start another
program (fricas) from within a program (texmacs).
Only if the implementation is broken.
Well, of course, you are right. Currently, it's not perfect. I am just
suggesting something that you can use *now*.
Furthermore, doing in fricas something that involves interaction with
the filesystem is probably not the primary use case.
I think it is. A user edits some file in emacs, and than from fricas
(inside texmacs) says
)read myfile.input
Isn't this a typical use case?
Yep. But as above, I wouldn't necessarily trust that the current
directory is the same as the one I started texmacs from. Let's say, I
started Maxima inside TeXmacs and (I am now assuming that Maxima can
change the current directory---don't know if that is true) change the
current directory to something else and then start FriCAS. Is there a
clear statement in the TeXmacs documentation that a former "cd" does not
influence other sessions?
Ralf
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