Windows Editor problem

[Randall R Schulz]

Raphael,

Given all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over spaces in path names of 
late, might I suggest this variation on your TextPad invocation script:

-==-
#!/bin/sh
exec c:/Textpad/TextPad.exe "`cygpath -w $1`"
-==-

It might be nice to remove the assumption (while retaining a default) about 
where TextPad is installed (on my system, it's the D: drive, e.g.):

-==-
TEXTPAD_EXE="${TEXTPAD_EXE:=C:/TextPad/TextPad.exe}"
exec "$TEXTPAD_EXE" "`cygpath -w $1`"
-==-

Alternately:

-==-
TEXTPAD_EXE="${TEXTPAD_EXE:=$SYSTEMDRIVE/TextPad/TextPad.exe}"
exec "$TEXTPAD_EXE" "`cygpath -w $1`"
-==-

One could get fancier, of course, using "test" to verify that the named 
executable exists and issue a suitable diagnostic if it does not, handle 
multiple file names.

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 13:46 2002-08-03, Raphael wrote:
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>On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Michael Hoffman wrote:
>
> > If you want to set EDITOR perhaps you could make a shell script which does
> > the cygpathing.
>
>Thanks again and here is the resulting scriptfile:
>
>#!/bin/sh
>c:/Textpad/TextPad.exe `cygpath -w $1`
>
>I named it CygTextPad and put it in /usr/bin
>
>Now you can edit your profile file and add
>
>EDITOR="/bin/CygTextPad"
>
>Runs like a dream. Anyone who wants to try it should take care of the
>TextPad pathname though. Make sure it reflects your setup.
>
>Raphael


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