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Re: Problems opening files from run menu
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:50:18 -0400
- Subject: Re: Problems opening files from run menu
- References: <dj5lpi$ok7$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 04:38:43PM +0200, Paminu wrote:
>I have a xfig file in:
>
>c:\cygwin\home\test\test.fig
>
>I can open this xfig file from the run menu like:
>bash --login -e startxprog xfig c:/cygwin/home/test/test.fig
>
>I also have a .dvi file in:
>c:\cygwin\home\test\test.dvi
>
>But when I type:
>bash --login -e startxprog xdvi c:/cygwin/home/test/test.dvi
>
>Nothing happens. Why is it possible to open a file like this with xfig but
>not with xdvi???
How about using UNIX-like paths rather than Windows paths, that being
one the main reasons for Cygwin's existence?
bash --login -e startxprog xdvi /home/test/test.dvi
Otherwise, http://cygwin.com/problems.html would be interesting reading.
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