One more thing to note: when I type "vim" in a cmd.exe console - vim works well in the console mode
- J On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:17 AM, tsunhin wong<thjw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to run vim inside my cygwin shell in Vista > I've done it successfully in XP with the following settings: > > - gVim 7.2 installed with vim.exe > - set PATH in environmental variables to include C:\Program files\Vim\vim72 > - set .vimrc to point to _vimrc > - ln -s vim.exe /usr/bin/vi > > In my XP, I can trigger vim in my cygwin windows by typing "vi" > > However, when I do the same thing in Vista 32bit: > when I type "vi" > - bash: vi: command not found > when I type "vim" > - the prompt stop at vim and nothing happen, and I have to Ctrl-C to escape > - the icon of the cygwin window did change to the Vim icon & "[No > Name] - VIM" appears on the top title bar of the window > - however it hangs there in "vim" in the cygwin prompt, and nothing else > happens > when I type "gvim > - the gvim window pops up... > > Please let me know what is wrong, and how can I fix it. > Thanks! > > - J > > n.b. It didn't work with cygwin 1.5, and I upgraded to cygwin 1.7 beta > and it still doesn't work. > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
