On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, June 24, 2013 11:03:50 AM UTC-5, Salman Halim wrote: > > > > Thank you for this; I was wondering: does building with MinGW change > GVim into a GNU-ish application? Can I still use paths like > "c:\test\some\file.txt"? While I use the forward slash almost exclusively, > it is nice to occasionally be able to take a file path someone else gave me > and just :e or :sp it. > > > > Nope, MinGW just uses unix-like tools to build a native Windows > application. I actually can't use cygwin paths from my MinGW Vim build, > it's all native Windows paths. > > You can use the forward slash on Windows, though, like :e > c:/test/some/file.txt. This doesn't depend on what you used to compile. > > Ben, Thank you, again; I'll make the switch and see how it works out. I really appreciate your suggestions and responses. Now, I wonder what can be done about the Borland compiler's issues. Salman -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" 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.
