RE: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is - seems okay now
All the suggestions worked. 1. I put everything in .bash_profile (just easier) 2. I have the following statements in my _vimrc set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash set shellxquote=\ set shellcmdflag=-c let $BASH_ENV='~/.bash_profile -Original Message- From: A.J.Mechelynck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:06 PM To: Gerald Lai Cc: Eric Arnold; Furash Gary; Gary Johnson; vim@vim.org Subject: Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is Gerald Lai wrote: On Wed, 24 May 2006, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Eric Arnold wrote: Off hand, I can't remember the exact name, but I think that there is a special rc filename that is executed even when it isn't a login shell. [...] Yes, I think so too, and I don't remember it offhand either, but man bash (which is quite long for a manpage) will tell you. Perhaps it's called .bashenv? Not sure. I use ZSH. It's equivalent is .zshenv. -- Gerald As said under INVOCATION in the bash manpage: Login shell: /etc/profile (if found), then the first one (if any) found readable among ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, ~/.profile (all this unless --noprofile). At exit: ~/.bash_logout (if found). Non-login interactive shell: ~/.bashrc (if found) unless --norc Non-interactive shell: does as if executing if [ -n BASH_ENV ]; then . $BASH_ENV; fi but doesn't search the $PATH There are more details about what bash does when invoked as sh, when invoked in posix mode, when invoked by the remote shell daemon, or when invoked in suid mode. Under FILES, two additional files (for readline initialization) are mentioned. Best regards, Tony.
How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
I'm using VIM on windows with cygwin. In my _vimrc I've got the following automatically swithc directories set autochdir For cygwin shell set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c set shellxquote=\ When I try to use cygwin stuff with the ! command or similar things from vim, it doesn't seem to know where it is. That is, if I open up a file on the desktop with gvim, and do :pwd It prints out the path of the desktop (thanks to autochdir I think). However, if I do :! pwd It prints out the location of my windows home directory. Is there anyway I could automatically pass to the shell the location it should start in?
Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
This is partly due to the use of --login , which causes it to act as if it's a fresh login shell, so of course, it goes to your home directory. Try it with just -c . Without setting that, zsh and bash seem to honor $PWD, probably, which I suspect is exported by Vim.. I'm having trouble getting my rc file to print it out when started from Vim. On 5/23/06, Furash Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using VIM on windows with cygwin. In my _vimrc I've got the following automatically swithc directories set autochdir For cygwin shell set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c set shellxquote=\ When I try to use cygwin stuff with the ! command or similar things from vim, it doesn't seem to know where it is. That is, if I open up a file on the desktop with gvim, and do :pwd It prints out the path of the desktop (thanks to autochdir I think). However, if I do :! pwd It prints out the location of my windows home directory. Is there anyway I could automatically pass to the shell the location it should start in?
Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
Furash Gary wrote: I'm using VIM on windows with cygwin. In my _vimrc I've got the following automatically swithc directories set autochdir For cygwin shell set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c set shellxquote=\ When I try to use cygwin stuff with the ! command or similar things from vim, it doesn't seem to know where it is. That is, if I open up a file on the desktop with gvim, and do :pwd It prints out the path of the desktop (thanks to autochdir I think). However, if I do :! pwd It prints out the location of my windows home directory. Is there anyway I could automatically pass to the shell the location it should start in? :pwd and :! pwd don't return the same directory, that is normal. :pwd returns Vim's internal current directory, it changes whenever you use internal :cd, and 'autochdir' can change it implicitly; such changes are not brought back to the shell. To change the shell's current directory (as shown by :! pwd on Unix-like systems and by :! cd on dos-like systems) you can use the :! cd command, as follows: au BufReadPost * exe !cd expand(%:p:h) The above is untested but I believe it ought to work on Unix as well as on Windows. Best regards, Tony.
Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
On 2006-05-24, A.J.Mechelynck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Furash Gary wrote: I'm using VIM on windows with cygwin. In my _vimrc I've got the following automatically swithc directories set autochdir For cygwin shell set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c set shellxquote=\ When I try to use cygwin stuff with the ! command or similar things from vim, it doesn't seem to know where it is. That is, if I open up a file on the desktop with gvim, and do :pwd It prints out the path of the desktop (thanks to autochdir I think). However, if I do :! pwd It prints out the location of my windows home directory. Is there anyway I could automatically pass to the shell the location it should start in? :pwd and :! pwd don't return the same directory, that is normal. In my experience, such behavior is not normal. :pwd returns Vim's internal current directory, it changes whenever you use internal :cd, and 'autochdir' can change it implicitly; such changes are not brought back to the shell. They are not brought back to the parent shell's environment, but they do affect the environment of any shell that vim executes. To change the shell's current directory (as shown by :! pwd on Unix-like systems and by :! cd on dos-like systems) you can use the :! cd command, as follows: :!cd somedirectory will not do anything useful. It will start a shell, change the working directory of that shell, and the shell will exit, returning control to vim. It will not affect the environment of vim or of any subsequent shell. au BufReadPost * exe !cd expand(%:p:h) The above is untested but I believe it ought to work on Unix as well as on Windows. Windows handles its process environments differently than Unix does. If the Windows shell, cmd.exe, starts another program and that program performs a cd, when that program exits, the working directory of cmd.exe will have changed to the directory set by the program. In Unix, on the other hand, a process inherits its environment from its parent and passes its environment on to its children, but changes to the environment by a child are never reflected in the parent's environment. Regards, Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wireless Division | Spokane, Washington, USA
RE: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
I copied it from a vim help note without really understanding it. Makes 100% sense now, but... Is there still a way to get it to act like I've logged in (e.g., run .bashrc etc.)? -Original Message- From: Gary Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:14 PM To: vim@vim.org Subject: Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is On 2006-05-23, Furash Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using VIM on windows with cygwin. In my _vimrc I've got the following automatically swithc directories set autochdir For cygwin shell set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c set shellxquote=\ When I try to use cygwin stuff with the ! command or similar things from vim, it doesn't seem to know where it is. That is, if I open up a file on the desktop with gvim, and do :pwd It prints out the path of the desktop (thanks to autochdir I think). However, if I do :! pwd It prints out the location of my windows home directory. Is there anyway I could automatically pass to the shell the location it should start in? The problem is the --login option that you included in 'shellcmdflag'. Every shell that you execute from vim is executed as a login shell, which means it starts in your home directory. If you just set shellcmdflag=-c instead, it should work fine. Why did you include --login? Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wireless Division | Spokane, Washington, USA
RE: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
Just tried it and ran into the problem I thought I would. Removing login eliminates the problem of it not knowing where it is, but it no longer runs .profile and so on, so as a result it's missing my changes to the path, aliases, etc. Hmm... -Original Message- From: Gary Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:14 PM To: vim@vim.org Subject: Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is On 2006-05-23, Furash Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using VIM on windows with cygwin. In my _vimrc I've got the following automatically swithc directories set autochdir For cygwin shell set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c set shellxquote=\ When I try to use cygwin stuff with the ! command or similar things from vim, it doesn't seem to know where it is. That is, if I open up a file on the desktop with gvim, and do :pwd It prints out the path of the desktop (thanks to autochdir I think). However, if I do :! pwd It prints out the location of my windows home directory. Is there anyway I could automatically pass to the shell the location it should start in? The problem is the --login option that you included in 'shellcmdflag'. Every shell that you execute from vim is executed as a login shell, which means it starts in your home directory. If you just set shellcmdflag=-c instead, it should work fine. Why did you include --login? Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wireless Division | Spokane, Washington, USA
Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
Try this: set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash let $BASH_ENV = '~/.bashrc' let shellcmdflag='-c' On 5/23/06, Eric Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Off hand, I can't remember the exact name, but I think that there is a special rc filename that is executed even when it isn't a login shell. On 5/23/06, Furash Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just tried it and ran into the problem I thought I would. Removing login eliminates the problem of it not knowing where it is, but it no longer runs .profile and so on, so as a result it's missing my changes to the path, aliases, etc. Hmm... -Original Message- From: Gary Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 3:14 PM To: vim@vim.org Subject: Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is On 2006-05-23, Furash Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using VIM on windows with cygwin. In my _vimrc I've got the following automatically swithc directories set autochdir For cygwin shell set shell=C:/cygwin/bin/bash set shellcmdflag=--login\ -c set shellxquote=\ When I try to use cygwin stuff with the ! command or similar things from vim, it doesn't seem to know where it is. That is, if I open up a file on the desktop with gvim, and do :pwd It prints out the path of the desktop (thanks to autochdir I think). However, if I do :! pwd It prints out the location of my windows home directory. Is there anyway I could automatically pass to the shell the location it should start in? The problem is the --login option that you included in 'shellcmdflag'. Every shell that you execute from vim is executed as a login shell, which means it starts in your home directory. If you just set shellcmdflag=-c instead, it should work fine. Why did you include --login? Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wireless Division | Spokane, Washington, USA
Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
On Wed, 24 May 2006, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Eric Arnold wrote: Off hand, I can't remember the exact name, but I think that there is a special rc filename that is executed even when it isn't a login shell. [...] Yes, I think so too, and I don't remember it offhand either, but man bash (which is quite long for a manpage) will tell you. Perhaps it's called .bashenv? Not sure. I use ZSH. It's equivalent is .zshenv. -- Gerald
Re: How to get cygwin command line to know where it is
Gerald Lai wrote: On Wed, 24 May 2006, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Eric Arnold wrote: Off hand, I can't remember the exact name, but I think that there is a special rc filename that is executed even when it isn't a login shell. [...] Yes, I think so too, and I don't remember it offhand either, but man bash (which is quite long for a manpage) will tell you. Perhaps it's called .bashenv? Not sure. I use ZSH. It's equivalent is .zshenv. -- Gerald As said under INVOCATION in the bash manpage: Login shell: /etc/profile (if found), then the first one (if any) found readable among ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, ~/.profile (all this unless --noprofile). At exit: ~/.bash_logout (if found). Non-login interactive shell: ~/.bashrc (if found) unless --norc Non-interactive shell: does as if executing if [ -n BASH_ENV ]; then . $BASH_ENV; fi but doesn't search the $PATH There are more details about what bash does when invoked as sh, when invoked in posix mode, when invoked by the remote shell daemon, or when invoked in suid mode. Under FILES, two additional files (for readline initialization) are mentioned. Best regards, Tony.
