Thank you that solved everything. Andy
On Aug 30, 4:12 am, Gary Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2009-08-29, chiefenne wrote: > > When I enter !ls the vimrun.exe does not find /bin/tcsh > > > I use the Windows GUI version of vim (7.2). > > I also run cygwin, I start the Windows vim version via cygwin with an > > alias. > > > I cannot escape to the shell using e.g.: > > > :!ls > > > I always get something like: > > > /bin/tcsh -c "ls" > > > The system cannot find the specified path. > > > Seems that something in my environment, either Windows or cygwin is > > wrong. > > Since you're running Cygwin, and since your shell is /bin/tcsh, your > environment probably contains > > SHELL=/bin/tcsh > > Per > > :help startup > > Windows vim sees that value of SHELL and sets 'shell' accordingly, > which it then uses whenever you execute a command that requires a > shell, such as ":!ls". However, non-Cygwin programs including > Windows vim don't understand full Cygwin paths and don't see the /bin > directory. > > There are probably several ways to solve this problem, but what I've > done is to put these lines early in my .vimrc: > > if has("win32") && $SHELL == "/bin/bash" && > executable("C:/cygwin/bin/bash") > " Running in Cygwin. > > if executable("C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe") > let $SHELL='' > set shell=C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe > " Unlike other places in > " Vim, the 'shell' path must > " use backslashes. I don't > " know why. > endif > endif > > You'll want to change my /bin/bash to /bin/tcsh. > > HTH, > Gary --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
