Hi, On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Yegappan Lakshmanan <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > This problem is caused by the shell command line quote escape >> > character in MS-Windows. >> > I have a fix for this issue. I will update the grep plugin and release >> > a new version. >> > >> > - Yegappan >> >> I was trying to analyze this problem further and what I found out that >> actually vim calls something like this underneath: >> cmd /c (C:\msys\bin\find.exe C:\dev\<my-project> -type d ( -name .SVN ) >> -prune >> -o -type f ( -name *.cpp ) -exec c:\msys\bin\grep.exe -s -n -- TODO {} ;) >> >> When I tried to paste it directly to cmd.exe I got: >> -prune was unexpected at this time. >> So no std output was generated and the process terminated with an error >> on stderr - hence no tmp file created. >> I think those brackets around cmd /c call conflict with brackets that make >> a part of find call itself. When I replace the outer brackets with quotation >> marks: >> cmd /c "C:\msys\bin\find.exe C:\dev\<my-project> -type d ( -name .SVN ) >> -prune -o -type f ( -name *.cpp ) -exec c:\msys\bin\grep.exe -s -n -- >> TODO {} ;" >> I get no error and expected output is printed. >> >> So my guess is either: >> - a different method is needed in the find call to group the conditions >> (does find even allow a different way of grouping?) or >> - inner brackets need somehow be escaped in the call or >> - vim system() call needs to be fixed to handle brackets in the argument >> string. >> >> Maybe is there another way to fix it or at least provide a temporary >> work-around? >> >> I would appreciate any hints that would enable me to use Rgrep until this >> problem gets fixed. >> > > The approach that works and used by the taglist plugin is to write the > command line > into a temporary .cmd file and execute it. The grep plugin also will use this > approach. >
I have uploaded a new version of the grep plugin to the Vim online website. You can try using the new version and let me know if you see any issues. - Yegappan -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
