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Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:46:19 -0400
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To: Paminu <fedevaps AT yahoo DOT dk>
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Subject: Re: Problems opening files from run menu
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Paminu wrote:
> "Christopher Faylor" <cxxx AT xxx DOT xxx> skrev i en 
> meddelelse ...
> 
>>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
> 
> 
> 
> That works fine. But the problem is when I execute xdvi from emacs. Then 
> this gets inserted:
> c:/cygwin/home/test/test.dvi
> 
> if I could just get emacs to only type /home/test/test.dvi it would work.
> 
> But I think it is wierd that xfig accepts the full path while xdvi only 
> accept the path excluding c:/cygwin, but maybe its a bug in xdvi. 


Hm.  If only there were some Cygwin utility that could do something
amazing like... I know!  It could take a DOS/Windows path and turn it
into a POSIX one for Cygwin.  Wouldn't that be neat?  I hope someone
someday makes just such a program.  Then things like emacs could use it
and the world would be right again.  And if someone ever did write such
a utility, I would suggest it be called some snazzy name like 'cygpath'.
Yeah, that has quite a ring to it.  Boy it will be a great day when we
have such a utility!*



* 'cygpath' already exists. :-)
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