Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:50:18 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Problems opening files from run menu Message-ID: <20051019145018.GD3521@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 04:38:43PM +0200, Paminu wrote: >I have a xfig file in: > >c:\cygwin\home\test\test.fig > >I can open this xfig file from the run menu like: >bash --login -e startxprog xfig c:/cygwin/home/test/test.fig > >I also have a .dvi file in: >c:\cygwin\home\test\test.dvi > >But when I type: >bash --login -e startxprog xdvi c:/cygwin/home/test/test.dvi > >Nothing happens. Why is it possible to open a file like this with xfig but >not with xdvi??? How about using UNIX-like paths rather than Windows paths, that being one the main reasons for Cygwin's existence? bash --login -e startxprog xdvi /home/test/test.dvi Otherwise, http://cygwin.com/problems.html would be interesting reading. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/