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RE: GVIM


FWIW, this won't work from rxvt or xterm.  Why not use '(`uname -o` ==
"Cygwin")'?
	Igor

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Crescioli, Phil wrote:

> FYI,
> I took your bash shell vi->gvim converter and re-wrote it
> for placement in my ~/.tcshrc.
>
> if ($?tcsh) then
>     if ("$TERM" == "cygwin") then
>         echo "Setting VI to kickoff GVIM within a cygwin window"
>         if (-x "C:/vim/vim62/gvim.exe") then
>            alias vi "C:/vim/vim62/gvim.exe"
>         endif
>     endif
> endif
>
> Thanks for the tip!
> Phil
> ---
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: offby1@blarg.net [mailto:offby1@blarg.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:51 AM
> To: Crescioli, Phil
> Subject: Re: GVIM
>
> >>>>> "Phil" == Crescioli, Phil <Phil.Crescioli@gd-ais.com> writes:
>
>     Phil> Hello all, Why is only VIM and not GVIM included with the
>     Phil> Cygwin package?  I'd love to use GVIM straight from a Cygwin
>     Phil> install.
>
> Cygwin packages whatever software someone has bothered to port to
> Cygwin.  Apparently nobody has ported gvim.  Go ahead and do it
> yourself!
>
> As it happens, I use gvim with Cygwin, and it's fine.  I had to
> install Cygwin and gvim separately, of course, but neither
> installation is difficult.
>
> To further the illusion of gvim being "part of" Cygwin, I've put this
> shell function definition in ~/.bashrc:
>
>     if [  "$OSTYPE" = "cygwin" ]; then
>         if [ -x "/c/vim/vim62/gvim.exe" ]; then
>             vi ()
>             {
>                /c/vim/vim62/gvim.exe "$@"
>             }
>         fi
>     fi
>
> Thus, when I type `vi foo' in a Cygwin shell, I actually run gvim.

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