On 17 Oct 2012, at 18:19, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2012-10-17, Andrew Long wrote: >> On 12 Jul 2012, at 17:06, Andrew Long wrote: > >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: "Long, Andrew" >>>> Subject: Vim under cygwin >>>> Date: 12 July 2012 10:18:32 GMT+01:00 >>>> To: andrew... >>>> >>>> >>>> 0126792@XP037234 ~/NRock/Projects/dbJnlStats/working >>>> $ vim -gS Session.vim >>>> cygwin warning: >>>> MS-DOS style path detected: C:\winnt\profiles\0126792\vimfiles\plugin >>>> Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /home/0126792/vimfiles/plugin >>>> CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this >>>> warning. >>>> Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: >>>> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames >>>> >>>> 0126792@XP037234 ~/NRock/Projects/dbJnlStats/working <snip/> > > I have such symlinks in place, too, for just that purpose and have > never had a problem. Perhaps you used a Windows-style path name > when you created the symlink from ~/.vim. That, "ls -d ~/.vim" > should have shown something like this, > > /home/0126792/.vim -> /cygdrive/c/winnt/profiles/0126792/vimfiles > > and I'll be it looked like this instead, > > /home/0126792/.vim -> C:\winnt\profiles\0126792\vimfiles
Hi Gary I don't *recall* seing anything like that; I'll have a play when I'm back at work tomorrow. I certainly created simple symlinks in the current directory by just doing:- ln -s vimfiles .vim and similarly for the xxxrc files. Regards, Andy -- Andrew Long andrew dot long at mac dot com -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
