Re: cygwin vim doesn't know app bindings to file exensions?

On Monday, November 3, 2014 8:10:56 PM UTC-5, Gary Johnson wrote:
>On 2014-11-03, Paul wrote:
>> I am using gvim for Windows as well as [g]vim for Cygwin64 (64-bit
>> cygwin). The netrw version for both is 149.
>>
>> 1) When I use gvim for Windows, I can position the cursor on a
>> file and press "x" to launch it by whatever Windows app is
>> associated with the file type.
>>
>> 2) When I use gvim for Cygwin's X-windows, nothing happens when
>> I press "x" other than the message to Press <CR> to continue.
>>
>> 3) When I use Cygwin's vim and press "x", vim gets put into the
>> background and I have to use shell commands to bring it back to
>> the foreground. The file is not launched.
>
> I don't see that. For me, just nothing happens.
>
>> It seems like the Cygwin64 impementation isn't set up to recognize
>> Windows bindings of apps to file types. Is this correct?
>
> I don't know what Chip would consider the "right" solution for this,
> but using
>
> :let g:netrw_browsex_viewer='cygstart'
>
> works well for Cygwin's terminal vim. I think that would work for
> CygwinX, too, if you want your files opened by Windows applications
> rather than by X applications.
>
> Of course, you can set that conditionally in your .vimrc with
> something like this:
>
> if has("win32unix") let g:netrw_browsex_viewer='cygstart' endif
>
> Modify to suit.

This works wonderfully. Thanks, Gary.

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