如何在cygwin中启动Windows GUI程序？

Question

I have gVim installed in my Win7 and I am using cygwin a lot.

When I am in cygwin bashell I want to enter "vim aaa.c" and then let my Windows program gVim open aaa.c for me.

Would anyone tell me to do what configuration then this could work?

Typing "notepad" directly in cygwin shell and pressing enter works. I know "notepad" can be found in Windows' system variable "path" so it works. I have tried adding my gVim.exe's path to system variable "path" but it doesn't work.

PS: if you type "run notepad" in cygwin shell it also starts Windows notepad. But how to make my gVim recognized by cygwin just like 'notepad'? I don't want to type the full installation path to my gVim in cygwin shell every time.

Thanks!

Answer 1

The easiest solution is to add the following line in your .bashrc

alias vim="/cygdrive/c/Program\\ Files\\ \\(x86\\)/vim/vim73/gvim.exe"

when invoking vim do vim foo.txt & , the & ensures the process is run in the background so your shell is still usable before the process ends.

if you do not want to type the & every time, do the following alias

alias vim="cygstart /cygdrive/c/Program\\ Files\\ \\(x86\\)/vim/vim73/gvim.exe"

The best solution though is to install cygwin vim instead of using the windows version. With the windows one, you will fight with the path conversion all the time. Really you want it to work for all the followings:

vim ~/foo
vim /bar
vim $home/abc
vim /cygpath/c/def
vim "c:\ghi"

There are some complicated shell scripts which help ease the problem, but I have not come across any that does not have certain caveat.

Answer 2

作为快速入侵，请尝试使用完整路径名，cygwin样式，例如/cygdrive/c/Program\\ Files/gVim/gVim.exe 。

Answer 3

For me, the following works:

$ PATH=/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/vim/vim73:$PATH
$ gvim

You can add to the PATH in your ~/.profile , but adding to the Windows PATH variable (via the Control Panel) should work, too. (Just be sure to use the normal C:\\... notation then.)

Answer 4

Hmmm, I'm slow. On your windows machine, there is a Cygwin folder with a home folder and your username folder. Just open the file explorer and edit it with windows gvim, then do the save and run it in bash. There is no need to make this a difficult problem.

Answer 5

我刚刚安装了Cygwin，当我检查了我的路径（echo $ PATH）时，我发现它基本上继承了路径中的任何窗口...所以如果你在你的Windows路径中有gvim你在Cygwin路径中拥有它...这意味着cygstart gvim将启动gvim ...非所需的hokey路径问题...我确信你可以通过命令行args并在后台运行它...

Answer 6

For me the command 'run' in cygwin works. It's similar to the 'open' command in OSX cli.

This is how I utilize it in my .bash_aliases file

# Location of Programs in Win10 that are stored under
# Program Files (x86)
alias x86PF='cd "/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)"'

# Navigating to the location of Program Files (x86)
# then switching to the Notepad++ dir
# then calling 'notepad++.exe' with the run command.
# Note the use of the && to run multiple commands in one alias assignement


alias notepad++='x86PF && cd Notepad++ && run notepad++.exe'

Don't forget to source your .bashrc after you've modified your file with the aliases