Re: cygpath from emacs
On 2010.05.05 21:24, Gary wrote: I often find myself running a piece of software from within emacs that expects, and spits out, Windows-style paths ("C:\..."). Handling sending it Windows paths based on the Cygwin ones is fine, I just use a script. Of course, the tool returning Windows paths is a PITA, because it means I can't do M-x next-error :( Is there a solution, a way to "capture them" and transform them before they end up in the emacs buffer, maybe? I feel I should be able to work this out myself, but my brain refuses to bend around it :( I do not understand you wrote but may be http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/cygwin-mount.el or http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2075504/how-to-best-integrate-emacs-and-cygwin help you. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: cygpath from emacs
Not sure why it line wrapped the second comment when I sent this. The part reading "using DOS style paths." is part of the comment line above it. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Steven Collins wrote: > Amazingly enough I solved this problem for myself just yesterday. > > ;; Add to your .emacs file. > ;; Handle locating files containing errors for compilers that report > using DOS style paths. > (when (eq system-type 'cygwin) > (require 'compile) > (setq compilation-parse-errors-filename-function > '(lambda (path) > (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" "" > (shell-command-to-string (concat "cygpath --unix '" path "'")) > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Dave Korn > wrote: >> >> On 05/05/2010 19:24, Gary wrote: >> > I often find myself running a piece of software from within emacs that >> > expects, and spits out, Windows-style paths ("C:\..."). Handling sending >> > it Windows paths based on the Cygwin ones is fine, I just use a >> > script. >> > >> > Of course, the tool returning Windows paths is a PITA, because it means >> > I can't do M-x next-error :( Is there a solution, a way to "capture >> > them" and transform them before they end up in the emacs buffer, maybe? >> > I feel I should be able to work this out myself, but my brain refuses to >> > bend around it :( >> >> So you have a script that transforms the paths on the command-line and >> launches the app... why doesn't the script /also/ capture the output and >> transform it back? >> >> cheers, >> DaveK >> >> -- >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >> > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: cygpath from emacs
Amazingly enough I solved this problem for myself just yesterday. ;; Add to your .emacs file. ;; Handle locating files containing errors for compilers that report using DOS style paths. (when (eq system-type 'cygwin) (require 'compile) (setq compilation-parse-errors-filename-function '(lambda (path) (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" "" (shell-command-to-string (concat "cygpath --unix '" path "'")) On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Dave Korn wrote: > > On 05/05/2010 19:24, Gary wrote: > > I often find myself running a piece of software from within emacs that > > expects, and spits out, Windows-style paths ("C:\..."). Handling sending > > it Windows paths based on the Cygwin ones is fine, I just use a > > script. > > > > Of course, the tool returning Windows paths is a PITA, because it means > > I can't do M-x next-error :( Is there a solution, a way to "capture > > them" and transform them before they end up in the emacs buffer, maybe? > > I feel I should be able to work this out myself, but my brain refuses to > > bend around it :( > > So you have a script that transforms the paths on the command-line and > launches the app... why doesn't the script /also/ capture the output and > transform it back? > > cheers, > DaveK > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: cygpath from emacs
On 05/05/2010 19:24, Gary wrote: > I often find myself running a piece of software from within emacs that > expects, and spits out, Windows-style paths ("C:\..."). Handling sending > it Windows paths based on the Cygwin ones is fine, I just use a > script. > > Of course, the tool returning Windows paths is a PITA, because it means > I can't do M-x next-error :( Is there a solution, a way to "capture > them" and transform them before they end up in the emacs buffer, maybe? > I feel I should be able to work this out myself, but my brain refuses to > bend around it :( So you have a script that transforms the paths on the command-line and launches the app... why doesn't the script /also/ capture the output and transform it back? cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple