Question: Change of the way init files are read in Maple2019.2?

I have a .mapleinit file that amongst other things sets libname so my own packages are accessible and can be loaded using with(). Imagine my surprise when I found that a maple program that ran half an hour ago on Maple2019 bombed when it did not find its package. Closer investigation indicates that maybe .mapleinit is only searched for in currentdir()??

The updated Maple is `Maple 2019.2, APPLE UNIVERSAL OSX, Oct 30 2019, Build ID 1430966`

The old one is gone :-(. It was Maple2019.0. I should add that on this system, Maple is installed on an administrator account that is not my user account (luckily I have access to that). I am running macOS 10.14.6 Mojave.

I verified my older Maples still work as before.

Has anyone else seen this behaviour?

Mac Dude.

Edit: I need to be more specific here: When I double-click a worksheet (.mw file) then currentdir() will be set to the directory the .mw file is in. This has been long-standing Maple behaviour. But then currentdir() does not cover the home directory where .mapleinit sits. As a result, a blank sheet finds my .mapleinit whereas my files (that habitually I open with double-click or drag-drop) do no longer run the .mapleinit file.

 

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