On 11/04/09 07:37, gs wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently running gvim version 7.2 on vista . I use cygwin (with X
> server ) and edited my .tcshrc file to
>
> alias gvim '/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Vim/vim72/gvim'
That's the native-Windows gvim. It is not totally impossible to call it
from Cygwin, but it's fraught with difficulties. For instance, it has
absolutely no understanding of Unix-like directory and file pathnames.
I recommend to use native-Windows vim.exe and/or gvim.exe with Windows
cmd.exe, and Cygwin Console Vim (as downloaded from the Cygwin site)
with Cygwin bash.
>
> It works fine, but I now have created a gvimrc file from
> gvimrc_example.vim but do not know what to call it or where to put it.
> The reading says, on Windows it should be called _gvimrc (without .vim
> extension) and should be put in the home directory. Is that the cygwin
> home directory or the directory vim72 mentioned above, I have tried
> both and the gvimrc settings do not take.
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks,
> -gs
On any system, the gvimrc should be in whatever directory Vim sees as
$HOME. On Windows, if you have both a "native Windows" version and a
"Cygwin" version, those locations are different, but if you want to use
a single script (and include ":if has()" and/or ":if exists()"
statements if and where needed to resolve any incompatibilities), you
can create a Cygwin soft link from the Cygwin location to the Cygwin
name from the Windows location (see also "man cygpath" at the Cygwin
bash prompt).
So you should create your Windows gvimrc by using (in Vim)
:e ~/_gvimrc
If you have a Cygwin gvim (for Cygwin X11) and no Windows gvim, or if
you want to use different gvimrc scripts in Cygwin/X11 gvim and in
Native-Windows gvim, you can create your Cygwin gvimrc with
:e ~/.gvimrc
Otherwise, you can link from the Cygwin location to theWindows location
after ascertaining what Cygwin Vim calls $HOME and what Native-Windows
Vim calls _its_ $HOME.
Note that Windows gvim will look for .gvimrc if it doesn't find _gvimrc,
and Cygwin/X11 gvim will look for _gvimrc if it doesn't find .gvimrc .
But in either case, only in its own $HOME location.
Best regards,
Tony.
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