Re: [Mingw-users] vi - how do I get vi?

[Earnie <ea...@us...>]

Erwin Waterlander wrote:
>  Op 12-03-10 13:25, Mark Allyn schreef:
> > Hi Earnie (and everyone)
> >
> > I'm afraid I'm not out of the woods yet.  I got the vim download
> > without any trouble.  The problem I haven't been able to solve is
> > how to do the alias command.
> >
> > ``alias vi='start /path/to/vim/gvim'''.
> >
> > I looked everywhere I could think to try to follow what Earnie
> > suggested.  I don't understand the following: 1.  Does the command
> > reside INSIDE .profile, or do I just issue it from the shell?
> >
>  Hi,
>
>  Ignore the quotes ``'' that Earnie typed. You can create an alias
>  like this:
>

Sorry, I should have said that.

>  alias vi='start /c/Program\ Files/Vim/vim72/gvim.exe'
>
>  You can type this directly into the shell. If you add this line to
>  the .profile file, the alias is defined every time you start a new
>  msys session.
>
>  Actually, when I try this 'gvim' is not started, but I new cmd.exe is
>   openend... I use this alias: alias vi='/c/Program\
>  Files/Vim/vim72/gvim.exe' on 64 bit Windows: alias vi='/c/Program\
>  Files \(x86\)/Vim/vim72/gvim.exe'
>

What do you mean a cmd.exe is opened?  I don't install to c:\Program 
Files to avoid the space, is that the problem?  I install to c:\opt 
which makes more sense to me.

>  Spaces and braces have to be escaped with a backslash.
>

And maybe with more than 1 or 2.  It is best to avoid these characters 
in file and directory names.

Earnie.