Re: Any cygwin users out there?

[Aquil H. Abdullah]

Sorry Soren,
  I should have been more specific.  Here's what I did:
1. Typed: edit('editor', 'C:/Windows/Notepad.exe `cygpath -wa %s`')
2. Typed: edit foo.m - This caused the following error to display:

error: edit: could not create /home/aha/octave/foo.m
error: evaluating if command near line 287, column 3
error: called from `edit' in file `/usr/share/octave/site/m/octave-forge/miscellaneous/edit.m'

So you can not edit a file which does not exist.

3. Typed : edit - This caused notpad to launch although, octave output the usage message for cygpath
4. Closed the Notepad editor.
5. Created a function foo.m - using vi.
5. Typed edit foo.m - This caused the notepad editor to launch and display the contents of the file foo.m

Contents of Notepad:
--------------------------------
function y = foo(x)
    disp('In foo');
    y = x;
end

NOTE: There was the unix/dos carriage return issue.

I suspect the behavior would be the same with all incantations.

On 10/3/06, Søren Hauberg <address@hidden> wrote:

So they both fail?

Søren

Aquil H. Abdullah skrev:
> Both inputs illicit the same behavior.
>
> On 10/3/06, *Søren Hauberg* <address@hidden
> <mailto: address@hidden>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks for the feedback. Could you try without the " characters? That is
>
>        
>
>     and
>        edit('editor', 'C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe $(cygpath
>     -wa
>     %s)')
>
>     It would be of great help,
>     Søren
>
>
>     Aquil H. Abdullah skrev:
>      > I am running octave 2.1.73 under under cygwin. Here are the
>     results of
>      > your test.  When I just typed edit the Notepad editor started.
>      >
>      > octave:1> edit('editor', '"C:/Windows/Notepad.exe `cygpath -wa %s`"')
>      > octave:2> edit foo.m
>      > error: edit: could not create /home/aha/octave/foo.m
>      > error: evaluating if command near line 287, column 3
>      > error: called from `edit' in file
>      > `/usr/share/octave/site/m/octave-forge/miscellaneous/edit.m'
>      > octave:2> edit
>      > sh: line 0: cd: /home/aha/octave: No such file or directory
>      > Usage: cygpath (-d|-m|-u|-w|-t TYPE) [-f FILE] [OPTION]... NAME...
>      >        cygpath [-c HANDLE]
>      >        cygpath [-ADHPSW]
>      > Convert Unix and Windows format paths, or output system path
>     information
>      >
>      > Output type options:
>      >   -d, --dos             print DOS (short) form of NAMEs
>     (C:\PROGRA~1\)
>      >   -m, --mixed           like --windows, but with regular slashes
>     (C:/WINNT)
>      >   -M, --mode            report on mode of file (binmode or textmode)
>      >   -u, --unix            (default) print Unix form of NAMEs
>      > (/cygdrive/c/winnt)
>      >   -w, --windows         print Windows form of NAMEs (C:\WINNT)
>      >   -t, --type TYPE       print TYPE form: 'dos', 'mixed', 'unix', or
>      > 'windows'
>      > Path conversion options:
>      >   -a, --absolute        output absolute path
>      >   -l, --long-name       print Windows long form of NAMEs (with
>     -w, -m only)
>      >   -p, --path            NAME is a PATH list (i.e., '/bin:/usr/bin')
>      >   -s, --short-name      print DOS (short) form of NAMEs (with -w,
>     -m only)
>      > System information:
>      >   -A, --allusers        use `All Users' instead of current user
>     for -D, -P
>      >   -D, --desktop         output `Desktop' directory and exit
>      >   -H, --homeroot        output `Profiles' directory (home root)
>     and exit
>      >   -P, --smprograms      output Start Menu `Programs' directory
>     and exit
>      >   -S, --sysdir          output system directory and exit
>      >   -W, --windir          output `Windows' directory and exit
>      > Try `cygpath --help' for more information.
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > On 10/3/06, *Søren Hauberg* <address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden>
>      > <mailto:address@hidden <mailto: address@hidden>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Hi,
>      >        I'm looking for a cygwin user who will test do a simple
>     test for me
>      >     (I don't have easy access to cygwin). The help text for the
>      >     octave-forge
>      >     command "edit" tells me that I can use a native Windows
>     editor by typing
>      >
>      >     edit('editor', '"C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe `cygpath
>      >     -wa %s`"')
>      >
>      >     Could anybody test if it's possible to write
>      >
>      >     edit('editor', '"C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe
>     $(cygpath -wa
>      >     %s)"')
>      >
>      >     instead?
>      >
>      >     Thanks, Søren
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