Starting gvim from Windows

[Jerry D. Hedden]

Neil Watson asked:
> I have X running.  How can I start Cygwin's build of Gvim from Windows,
> without doing from an xterm?  I tried issuing gvim from a cmd window but
> I receive an error "cygice-6.dll was not found".

I don't use X.  I just use RXVT windows on top of the Windows Desktop. 
I don't use Cygwin's version of Gvim.  I use the Windows version.  To
use Gvim from Cygwin, I have a small script (attached) that converts
Cygwin paths to Windows paths and then launches Gvim.  With this setup,
I can use a single version of Gvim from both Windows and Cygwin.

If you'd like more details, email me directly.
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#!/usr/bin/bash
#####
#
# vi - Launches gVim
#
# Windows User environment variables
#    VIM = C:\Program File\vim
#    VIMTMP = X:\Temp
#
#####

# Handle vim flags
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
    if [[ $1 =~ '^-' ]]; then
        FLAGS="$FLAGS $1"
        shift
    else
        break
    fi
done

# Generate Windows paths for args
for (( ii=1; $ii <= $#; ii=$ii + 1 )); do
    if [[ -d ${!ii} ]]; then
        echo "${!ii} is a directory - ignored"
    elif [[ ! -d `dirname "${!ii}"` ]]; then
        echo 'No such dir:' \'`dirname "${!ii}"`\'
        exit 1
    else
        lst[$ii]=`cygpath -w "${!ii}"`
    fi
done

# Run Windows version of gVim
"/cygdrive/c/program files/vim/vim64/gvim.exe" $FLAGS -i "$VIM\\_viminfo" "${lst[@]}" </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
exit 0

# EOF
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