[Mingw-msys] Re: ANN: GVIM Editor helper script for MSYS sh

[Soren A <sor...@fa...>]

Soren A <soren_andersen=97j...@pu...> wrote
around 09 Dec 2002 news:Xns92DFC906AB2CDsoren1Gmane@80.91.224.249:

> I'd like to share the script I use to start Win32 GVIM instances from
> MSYS shell. That information has now been published at:
>
> http://home.att.net/~perlspinr/vim/VIMhelpers.html
>
> On that page there exists scripts for both Cygwin and MSYS users.

I also wrote subsequently:

 I developed the above shell program under Windows98SE. With testing
 under WinNT I have determined that it is likely that there will be
 unwelcome complications for users of those OS'; namely, that the bash
 shell will "hang" while the child process is running. This arises from
 the fact that the workings of the & shell operator (directive to place
 the new process in the background) does not work the same on Win9x as
 it does in NT, that is across the board in Cygwin (and its derivative
 MSYS). I have known this for a long time but forgot it when I posted
 the scripts under discussion.

 Essentially under 9x, '&' does the opposite of what it is supposed to
 do.

 The rearrangement of the last few lines of the scripts posted on the
 aforementioned url, such that '&' is added where needed, fixes the
 problem of the shell hanging around (of not placing the process into
 the background under NT). Thus different versions are req'd for NT vs.
 9x use. That's a complication I am not eager to address right away so
 I hope that interested users can just figure it out for themselves
 until I get around to writing a clean update to take care of this.

Well, I have updated the scripts and now they should work -- do work,
TTBOMK based on the various setups I have available to me to test on
(permutations of Windows Operating Systems, versions of GVIM and Cygwin,
etc). As always, YMMV, no warrenty whatsoever.

 Best,
   Soren A

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