Re: Can not start UltraEdit using cygwin path

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

lin q wrote:
> > From: Brian Dessent 
> > lin q wrote:
> >
> > >   If I run it with cygwin path like this,
> > >
> > > uedit /cygdrive/c/tmp/log
> > >
> > >   UltraEdit says the path is wrong.
> >
> > UltraEdit is not a Cygwin application.  How on earth do you expect it to
> > understand something beginning in /cygdrive?  Look into cygpath.
> I know cygpath, but it is easier to just type in DOS path than to use 
> cygpath each time.
>
> > >   Interesting enough, I have similar function for gvim,
> > >
> > > vi ()
> > > {
> > >     gvim $@ &
> > > }
> >
> > gvim is a Cygwin application.
> I download gvim myself from vim web site and installed it, it is not the 
> one in cygwin package. This is the reason I think the application does 
> not have to be from cygwin package.


One non-Cygwin application that you may have been able to get to understand
some POSIX path does not mean any or all non-Cygwin applications will
understand all POSIX paths.  As Brian points out, you should not expect
non-Cygwin applications to understand POSIX paths.  If you want such ability,
you will need to build such applications with Cygwin's gcc/g++ (without the
-mno-cygwin flag).  FWIW, there is a gvim package for Cygwin.  This certainly
understand POSIX paths.




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