X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=r2zB6X9N3F7zkSw6 CGmH9wrgHRDzxq55S3DgTtyB3hd4ebBEzFlk5C06Wsg0BZN2YaTu59d9UnTt3dsc 6WJUapuz7QR4tYnSJukzp6ryZp8ylV2i81jMV2+t8mxTdFnOzL/IIONOqUl2C4Mo +DJkJE+GisRU+I5NUhcgo/82/Zw= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=2oWIEE8DfRJLct9kb0tYv3 SxF8k=; b=m8xfjII6udWpFmLbBsVejhgQOXYmK5EeRn9zGXUXEqtIt1Qz5CdDEJ pjUOR+Amjdd9uwR7NGIPG1wts8AbmNM7xWr8rbPadkpSjwZWCjbIRB0dPLN1dBhT eq4wf9cJ+xAiCRKRtjrw1ziAav1h1e7lTXvl0oebsQ+r58Cans1U8= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtpback.ht-systems.ru Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 06:34:48 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <1487402476.20140211063448@mtu-net.ru> To: "Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Invoking Cygwin vim from Windows Explorer In-Reply-To: <5F8AAC04F9616747BC4CC0E803D5907D0C47D419@MLBXv04.nih.gov> References: <1527769059 DOT 20140209090943 AT mtu-net DOT ru> <832507782 DOT 20140209183702 AT mtu-net DOT ru> <1935757972 DOT 20140210000737 AT mtu-net DOT ru> <1917455121 DOT 20140210021657 AT mtu-net DOT ru> <1798057018 DOT 20140210054916 AT mtu-net DOT ru> <5F8AAC04F9616747BC4CC0E803D5907D0C47D419 AT MLBXv04 DOT nih DOT gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]! > My suggestion was not an exact recipe, it was just a scheme. > Here the exact step-by-step procedure. I've checked it works on my Windows 7 box. > From the Windows "Start" menu, in the Search box at the bottom > (formerly called "Run") enter (substitute with whatever > ID you are going by on that Windows system): > C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo > In the opened Explorer window, right click on unoccupied space on the right hand pane, select "New"->>"Shortcut". > As prompted for "Location", enter (I assume your Cygwin installation is > at C:\cygwin): > C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -e C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -l /bin/vim.sh Just C:\Programs\CygWin\bin\mintty.exe --exec /bin/vi.exe is enough. No need to make it more convoluted, than it really necessary. Then everything else became unnecessary as well. > click "Next", when prompted for the name, enter "Vim", > close the dialog with "Finish". -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru) 11.02.2014, <06:33> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple