From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Subject: RE: New Installation 21 Oct 1998 02:14:46 -0700 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981020104332.00a74d90.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <000201bdfbb2$1b15dcd0$1e6e31cf AT leo-nt DOT rd DOT telesystech DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Leo Mauro" , At 06:45 PM 10/19/98 -0400, Leo Mauro wrote: >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 > I feel compelled to point out that there is much less of a need (if any) to have the native Win32 version of vim (and probably other programs) if you have the Cygwin32 version working. Presuming that the Cygwin DLL is in your path regardless of which shell you are using, the Cygwin32 version of these programs will work just fine for either bash or the command prompt. Of course, every program is different and different bugs may pop up in different versions of specific programs, in which case it may still be beneficial to have both versions of one program around. Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02482-7797 http://www.rfk.com PS - Comments on this are welcome. However, please don't respond to the list with flames or your personal preference in this regard unless it points out a factor which would be of general use and is not already pointed out by my comment above or previous ones in this thread. I don't mean to admonish anyone for any response they may have but I can see this issue could border on a "religious" war. If that is the case, I think it best that the majority of the traffic of that vein should remain off-line. Direct comments to me will be read and salient points of general interest summarized to the list. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".