On Oct 13 14:06, Gary Johnson wrote: > I thought the purpose of Cygwin was to provide a Linux-like > environment for applications, so that, for example, one could simply > recompile under Cygwin an application written for Linux and not have > to rewrite the file-handling routines to recognize DOS file names. > That's the purpose of the cygdrive directory, is it not? > > It seems to me that if "DOS paths do work, usually," it's because > the application was written to deal with them or it never looks at > any file names, but simply hands them whole to the Cygwin file I/O > API.
You're right. But vim is not a Linux application. It tries hard to accomodate many non-Linux systems like OS/2, Windows, VMS, Amiga and, fwiw, any Unix flavor. DOS paths are supported in vim anyway, and even os_unix.c makes concessions to DOS paths in the OS2 case already. That's why I think adding a Cygwin case to support DOS and POSIX paths simultaneously would be ok. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Project Co-Leader Red Hat
