From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke)
Subject: Re: GVIM5.3, CYGWin Beta20 problem
30 Nov 1998 23:30:36 -0800
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Hi,

[...]
>the win32 version knows nothing about mount points or symbolic links
>so what you described above won't work well. vim examines the $VIM
>variable, so it must be a dos/windows/nt style path when vim is the
>win32 version. similarly, it must a unix style path when vim is the
>cywin version. you'd be better off just installing the win32 vim as
>a win32 application (e.g. in C:\vim-5.3, not in /usr/bin).

VIM=c:/usr/local/share/vim

satisfies both versions of vim !

>
>i installed the cygwin-compiled version of [g]vim in /usr/local. it's
>$VIM variable is a unix style path.
>
>raf

Bye.
Michael.
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