Re: External command with arguments (WinXP): cmd /c problem
Hi Joachim! This seems to correlate with the space in the directory name. Try C:\Programme\Microsoft\ Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE Regards, Doc Hm, this is strange, the windows shell cmd (not vim!) has problems with the following: cmd.exe /c C:\Programme\Microsoft Office\Office10\OUTLOOK.EXE /a c:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\hofjoa41\Eigene Dateien\test.txt - C:\Programme\Microsoft not found If I use the command above directly at the shell *without* the cmd /c part it works properly! I think I will ask also at alt.msdos.batch.nt if cmd /c has a special problem. Joachim ### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange. For more information, connect to http://www.f-secure.com/
RE: typing cmds 2x for cygwin shell
@Kevin vim passes the date command somehow to the shell invoked. If you set the shell to your script, which is calling the real shell, the information about to invoke the date command gets lost. Regards, Doc I use the cygwin shell from within Vim by using the following in my _vimrc : set shell=c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat If I use :r!date to insert the current date, the shell will open and I have to type the command date again. Then after typing exit the shell exits and the date is placed in the buffer. Any suggestions on how to avoid typing the command a second time? Thanks, Kevin
Re: [Was :wq vs ZZ] :!start command: need to be root
@Régis Now, I don't understand at all what this option does ... The man page says: This option should be used when Vim is executed by a program that will wait for the edit session to finish (e.g. mail). This means: if vim usually forks, i.e. creates a new process, another process, which invoked vim (e.g. mail). Suppressing the fork, the parent process can call wait() in order to block until vim terminates. This is not possible, if vim forkes away. Greetz, Doc Alright, I found the solution to my problem. Albi, you gave me the idea to try to launch gvim from shell, so I launched: gvim filetoedit.tex and the \lv command worked, meaning gvim managed to launch kdvi. Fine. So what was happening when I was opening the file by double-clicking on it? gvim was executed with the -f option, meaning the file was started with the following command: gvim -f filetoedit.tex Here is was the man page of gvim tells us about this option : -f Foreground. For the GUI version, Vim will not fork and detach from the shell it was started in. On the Amiga, Vim is not restarted to open a new window. This option should be used when Vim is executed by a program that will wait for the edit session to finish (e.g. mail). On the Amiga the :sh and :! commands will not work. Now, I don't understand at all what this option does but executing gvim without it solves the problem. All I had to do was to tell Konqueror that after double-clicking on a .tex file the command gvim %U is executed. Thanks everyone Régis B. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%3A%21start-command%3A-need-to-be-root-tf3226307.html#a89 64458 Sent from the Vim - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
RE: how to read the file created in PC in Linux correctly?
@frank wang Which version of vim you are using? I thought, vim can handle different linefeeds automatically. Greetz, Doc Hi, I have a lot of text files created in PC. When I open them in Linux using gvim, I get a lot of ^M and no line breaking. It is messy. How can I read the file correctly in Linux? Thanks Frank
help file: where I can get it?
Hi! I have vim version 7.0 installed, but unfortunately no vim.hlp is delivered with the package. Where I can get vim.hlp? Any idea? I would appreciate to get a hint on where I can download the help file or to simply receive it per email attachment. Thanx in advance! Regards, Doc
Re: help file: where I can get it?
Hi! Thanx a lot for your fast response! At my PC at home, :help works (that's why I can't tell you more about the missing help feature in the moment), but at my office PC (there I ran vim per X-Term under Unix, SunSolaris), there comes an error message, like no help file found in /usr/local/share/vim7.0/vim/.../vim.hlp. The directory exists and all files, like the syntax files, are already there, but no vim.hlp. What's wrong? Best Regards, Doc Dr. Uwe Schneider wrote: Hi! I have vim version 7.0 installed, but unfortunately no vim.hlp is delivered with the package. Where I can get vim.hlp? Any idea? I would appreciate to get a hint on where I can download the help file or to simply receive it per email attachment. Thanx in advance! Regards, Doc There is no vim.hlp. The vim help is called from within Vim using :help or F1 or :help subject The help system consists of a number of text files located in $VIMRUNTIME/doc/*.txt and indexed by $VIMRUNTIME/doc/tags If you are a beginner to Vim, you can also start the vimtutor program, which should have been installed together with Vim. It accepts one optional argument which is a two-letter language code such as fr for French, nl for Dutch, etc. If it doesn't find a tutor script in the required language, or if you omit the language, you get the English tutor. Best regards, Tony. -- Save Soviet Jewry -- Win Valuable Prizes
Re: :wq vs ZZ
Sure, ZZ is quite faster than :wq, but :wq is more consistent, thinking about other actions, like :wn. Greetz, Doc
