Vim.exe of gVim can't display in Cygwin (Vista)

[tsunhin wong]

One more thing to note:
when I type "vim" in a cmd.exe console
- vim works well in the console mode

- J

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:17 AM, tsunhin wong<thjwong@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to run vim inside my cygwin shell in Vista
> I've done it successfully in XP with the following settings:
>
> - gVim 7.2 installed with vim.exe
> - set PATH in environmental variables to include C:\Program files\Vim\vim72
> - set .vimrc to point to _vimrc
> - ln -s vim.exe /usr/bin/vi
>
> In my XP, I can trigger vim in my cygwin windows by typing "vi"
>
> However, when I do the same thing in Vista 32bit:
> when I type "vi"
> - bash: vi: command not found
> when I type "vim"
> - the prompt stop at vim and nothing happen, and I have to Ctrl-C to escape
> - the icon of the cygwin window did change to the Vim icon & "[No
> Name] - VIM" appears on the top title bar of the window
> - however it hangs there in "vim" in the cygwin prompt, and nothing else happens
> when I type "gvim
> - the gvim window pops up...
>
> Please let me know what is wrong, and how can I fix it.
> Thanks!
>
> - J
>
> n.b. It didn't work with cygwin 1.5, and I upgraded to cygwin 1.7 beta
> and it still doesn't work.
>

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