by marchand » Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:09 pm
I've observed this issue for months now, and I'd been meaning to document it so here it goes. If I define an environment variable with the path to the GMAT installation, say GMAT_HOME, somehow that messes up my ability to load user defined plugins at startup. I have NO idea why that would be the case though. I tried calling the environment variable different names, like myGMAT, but that doesn't seem to make a difference. If I delete the environment variable and reboot the problem goes away. If I choose to keep the environment variable, I can resolve the issue simply by typing the full path to the user defined plugin in the gmat startup file, rather than using relative paths. However, relative paths work fine in the startup file as long as that environment variable isnt' set. It is very strange indeed. Just wanted to document that, and see if anybody else notices that issue.