This doesn't seem to work. I've tried the following and the mouse
still jumps across the screen:
map <f3> :call system("time")<CR>
I believe the 'external' application I referred to in my original post
is called 'vimrun.exe'.
Other vimrc points of interest [which I forgot to include in the first
post]:
if has("win32")
set shell=c:\bin\bash
else
set shell=/bin/bash
endif
Cygwin is installed in the root [even though Cygwin screams about not
doing this... this was a mandated install location.]
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M
On Oct 6, 12:40 pm, Ivan Tishchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe, system() will help?
>
> AFAIK, it spawns that console in bg, so it won't steal focus.
>
> I mean,
> :call system('chmod ...whatever')
>
> WBR,
> Ivan.
>
> > This is most likely a bug with Windows [what isn't?] but I thought I'd
> > ask if anyone else experienced this issue, and found a work-around
> > [other than turning off X-Mouse].
>
> > Situation. I downloaded and installed 'TweakUI' for Windows XP. I
> > turned on the 'X-Mouse :: Activation Follows Mouse' feature, and
> > selected on 'General :: Focus :: Prevent applications from stealing
> > focus". - I'm trying to get the closest feel I can to running Linux,
> > without actually running Linux [requirement]
>
> > I use the Windows Version of Vim [downloaded from the vim.org website]
> > VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled May 12 2007 14:19:39)
> > MS-Windows 32 bit GUI version with OLE support
> > Compiled by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > And have a mapping setup for interaction with Cygwin in my .vimrc:
> > if has("win32")
> > set shellslash
> > " F2 -- map F2 key to read-write file (autoload should be set for
> > this!)
> > map <silent> <f2> :silent! !chmod u+w `cygpath "%"`<CR>
> > " F3 -- map F3 key to read-only file (autoload should be set for
> > this!)
> > map <silent> <f3> :silent! !chmod u-w `cygpath "%"`<CR>
> > else
> > " F2 -- map F2 key to read-write file (autoload should be set for
> > this!)
> > map <silent> <f2> :silent! !chmod u+w %<CR>
> > " F3 -- map F3 key to read-only file (autoload should be set for
> > this!)
> > map <silent> <f3> :silent! !chmod u-w %<CR>
> > endif
>
> > Now every time I press F2/F3 to change permissions of the files, the
> > mouse jumps half-way across my screen, and I lose focus on Vim. I
> > think a new window appears/disappears on the screen [like a flicker],
> > taking the mouse for a ride.
> > I use this method because I have set up my cpoptions with the value
> > of: +=W
>
> > My Questions:
> > I heard [somewhere] that the Windows version of vim has some external
> > application that gets called when attempting to execute external
> > applications. What is this, and is there another method [other than
> > using the Cygwin's version of gvim] that I could get gvim to change
> > file permissions?
> > Could I recompile gvim to incorporate this external application
> > directly into gvim, would that help?
>
> > Note #1: This mouse jumping also occurs sometimes when I use tag
> > jumping <ctrl>-] and <ctrl>-T
> > Note #2: I know I can use the Cygwin's version, however I've had copy/
> > paste issues between Windows and Cygwin, and while I have 10 instances
> > of gvim running, I get psst when X crashes!
>
> > Thank you for your expertise and understanding,
> > M
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