cygpath from emacs

[Steven Collins]

Not sure why it line wrapped the second comment when I sent this. The
part reading "using DOS style paths." is part of the comment line
above it.

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Steven Collins <spc.for.nbc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Amazingly enough I solved this problem for myself just yesterday.
>
> ;; Add to your .emacs file.
> ;; Handle locating files containing errors for compilers that report
> using DOS style paths.
> (when (eq system-type 'cygwin)
>   (require 'compile)
>   (setq compilation-parse-errors-filename-function
>     '(lambda (path)
>        (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" ""
>           (shell-command-to-string (concat "cygpath --unix '" path "'"))))))
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Dave Korn
> <dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 05/05/2010 19:24, Gary wrote:
>> > I often find myself running a piece of software from within emacs that
>> > expects, and spits out, Windows-style paths ("C:\..."). Handling sending
>> > it Windows paths based on the Cygwin ones is fine, I just use a
>> > script.
>> >
>> > Of course, the tool returning Windows paths is a PITA, because it means
>> > I can't do M-x next-error :( Is there a solution, a way to "capture
>> > them" and transform them before they end up in the emacs buffer, maybe?
>> > I feel I should be able to work this out myself, but my brain refuses to
>> > bend around it :(
>>
>>  So you have a script that transforms the paths on the command-line and
>> launches the app... why doesn't the script /also/ capture the output and
>> transform it back?
>>
>>    cheers,
>>      DaveK
>>
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