set catalogpath=dir1 [:dirn]

This command specifies the list of directories to search to locate catalog files. These files resolve public identifiers for both entities and document types. The initial setting is the value of the APTCATPATH environment variable if set. Otherwise catalogpath defaults to the Arbortext-path\doctypes directory.

If there is a catalog file in the Arbortext-path\custom\doctypes subdirectory at startup, the \custom\doctypes path is automatically prepended to the catalog path. If there are any subdirectories of the \doctypes directory that contain a catalog file, those subdirectories are also prepended to the catalog path. Putting a catalog file in \custom\doctypes or in subdirectories of it makes them automatically available, avoiding additional steps to add them to the path.

If there is a catalog file in the Arbortext-path\custom\composer subdirectory at startup, the \custom\composer path is automatically prepended to the catalog path.

The Arbortext-path\custom\doctypes directory is also automatically included if you include %D in the path.

Example

Multiple directories are delimited with semicolons, and the entire path must be enclosed in quotation marks.

You can use the append_catalog_path function to update the catalog path.