I wrote: > What's the best way (on Windows) to open a file from vim in whatever > Windows normally uses to open that file? For example, :!% will open > the current file, but it leaves a DOS window handing around while the > file is open, which requires a hit-enter to get rid of after closing > the file. > > You also can't use vim until the file is closed in the external > program. If I try ":!start %" to make them asynchronous, then it > doesn't know how to open "%". If :!% knows to use "cmd /c", shouldn't > ":!start %" know the same thing? > > The best way seems to be ":!start cmd /c %", but now the script will > only work on Windows. There's also an annoying DOS window hanging > around in the background. Any way to get rid of that? > > I can't find a scripting function to open a given file however the OS > sees fit.
For that matter, what about the best way to launch a URL from a script? Should use whatever is the default browser. Rob. -- Robert Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MineSweeper3D - Take Minesweeper to a whole new dimension! http://www.software3d.com/Mines3D --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
