From:	lmauro AT scientist DOT com (Leo Mauro)
Subject:	RE: New Installation
20 Oct 1998 05:35:49 -0700 :
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On Monday, October 19, 1998 05:58 AM, Stephen Marley wrote:

> I don't get it. Why should one use a Cygwin32 version of Vim when
> perfectly acceptable Win32 native ports (gui and console) exist?

In order to be able to use CygWin32 file names, as the shell and
everything else understands.  Think about mounts and symbolic links,
which the native VIM won't understand.

In fact, I use both versions:  I set up the path when I start bash in such
a way that I run the CygWin version instead of the native.  When I start
CMD I get instead the native version.

Leo

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