FWIW, this won't work from rxvt or xterm. Why not use '(`uname -o` == "Cygwin")'? Igor
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Crescioli, Phil wrote: > FYI, > I took your bash shell vi->gvim converter and re-wrote it > for placement in my ~/.tcshrc. > > if ($?tcsh) then > if ("$TERM" == "cygwin") then > echo "Setting VI to kickoff GVIM within a cygwin window" > if (-x "C:/vim/vim62/gvim.exe") then > alias vi "C:/vim/vim62/gvim.exe" > endif > endif > endif > > Thanks for the tip! > Phil > --- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 9:51 AM > To: Crescioli, Phil > Subject: Re: GVIM > > >>>>> "Phil" == Crescioli, Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Phil> Hello all, Why is only VIM and not GVIM included with the > Phil> Cygwin package? I'd love to use GVIM straight from a Cygwin > Phil> install. > > Cygwin packages whatever software someone has bothered to port to > Cygwin. Apparently nobody has ported gvim. Go ahead and do it > yourself! > > As it happens, I use gvim with Cygwin, and it's fine. I had to > install Cygwin and gvim separately, of course, but neither > installation is difficult. > > To further the illusion of gvim being "part of" Cygwin, I've put this > shell function definition in ~/.bashrc: > > if [ "$OSTYPE" = "cygwin" ]; then > if [ -x "/c/vim/vim62/gvim.exe" ]; then > vi () > { > /c/vim/vim62/gvim.exe "$@" > } > fi > fi > > Thus, when I type `vi foo' in a Cygwin shell, I actually run gvim. -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/