$Path (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$Path gives the default list of directories to search in attempting to find an external file.

Tokens Related to the File Menu (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica allows any front end command to be executed programmatically from within the kernel by sending an appropriate front end token. There are tokens for all standard ...

RawBoxes (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RawBoxes[boxes] is a low-level construct which is formatted as boxes without further interpretation.

Mathematica File Organization (Mathematica Tutorial)

A full Mathematica installation consists of thousands of separate files, arranged in several hundred directories under the main installation directory. The location of the ...

Naming and Finding Files (Mathematica Tutorial)

The precise details of the naming of files differ from one computer system to another. Nevertheless, Mathematica provides some fairly general mechanisms that work on all ...

Non-Printing Characters (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica includes a variety of non-printing characters, some used to fine-tune layout, and others used to define precise syntactic interpretations while maintaining the ...

ToBoxes (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ToBoxes[expr] generates boxes corresponding to the printed form of expr in StandardForm. ToBoxes[expr, form] gives the boxes corresponding to output in the specified form.

Path (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Path is an option for Get and related functions which gives a list of directories to search in attempting to find an external file.

Fonts on Linux (Mathematica Tutorial)

Dealing with fonts under Linux can sometimes be tricky. The important issues in dealing with fonts in Mathematica are presented in this tutorial for your convenience. The ...

CurrentValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CurrentValue[item] gives the current value of item at a location in the Mathematica system and interface. CurrentValue[{item, spec}] gives the current value for the feature ...