Lyle schrieb: > Hello
> I am unable to use Perl from within gvim. For example, if within > gvim, I type > Esc :%!perl -p -e 's/public/private/;' and hit return, > nothing happens, where as if I issue this exact same command > cat filename.java | perl -p -e 's/public/private/;' > from the cygwin bash command line (outside of gvim), then it works as > expected. When attempting to execute this command from the > gvim editor, as shown above, a shell window appears and then > disappears immediately, causing me to suspect that some sort > of error message is being displayed, but its too fast to read it. > Attempting this same action using gvim and Perl on AIX Unix > works fine, so its not a mistake in the Perl syntax. > I'm using VIM 6.1 (2002 Mar 24, compiled Mar 24 2002 16:04:44) > MS-Windows 32 bit GUI version with OLE support on Windows XP. > Any ideas? You cannot use Cygwin Perl from within an Windows application, try to use ActiveStates or another native Windows Perl, or use Cygwin Vim/Gvim. Gerrit -- =^..^=
