Re: making cream (not vim) the default program for opening txt files in windows

[matthew j. t. <bar...@fr...>]

thanks for your help; here is some more commentary.

> o File Types: Somewhere in the Windows Explorer menus there is a
>   tabbed dialog, one of which will change file associations. Find the
>   .txt filetype and modify its properties so that the command looks
>   something like:
> 
>     C:\PROGRA~1\vim\vim63\gvim -U NONE -u "\$VIMRUNTIME/cream/creamrc"
> "%*"

in windows xp, the filetype modification is under control panel > folder options > file types. but, this is sort of redundant since it's very easy to right-click a file and 'open with' whatever program you want, opting to always open that file's type with that particular program. in face, when going the 'folder options' route, windows xp simply brings up the same dialog box and graphical interface that it would when you go the right-click and open-with route.

i looked at the properties of the 'cream' shortcut:

"C:\Program Files\Vim\vim63\gvim.exe" "-u" "C:\Program Files\vim\vim63\cream\creamrc"

this looks a lot like the example you gave above. however, there's no way to textually enter this line in the file associations box.

> o Batch file: You could make a batch file called "cream.bat" on your
>   path somewhere with the above line. Then adjust your file
>   associations the same way to point to the batch file. (Eliminates
>   quoting issues, but adds a batch file somewhere on your system to
>   keep up with.)

yeah, i made a batch file duplicating the line in my cream shortcut, and asked windows to open all txt documents with this batch file. this almost worked ;) after making this change, every txt document i double-clicked would launch cream 9along with a cmd window), but not open any documents; it was a blank cream, as if i had just double clicked the cream-shortcut (which in essence i had).

no urgency here -- this is getting to an obsessive complusive, geeky level pretty fast. it's not THAT big a deal to right-click on a txt file and select 'edit with cream.' hehe.

just following up on your very helpful comments. thanks for your response.
-- 
m j teigen

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