Re: [Octave-cvsupdate] octave-forge/main/miscellaneous/inst edit.m, 1.4, 1.5

[Benjamin Lindner]

> Olli Saarela skrev:
> > 
> >>   edit('editor','"C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe" "$(cygpath 
> >> -wa $s)"')
> >>
> >> Can somebody with a windows box confirm that the quotes are needed?
> > 
> > Yes, double quotes are needed. I'm currently running 2.1.50, and the 
> > command above starts the correct editor, but it doesn't find the file. 
> > There is an error message from cygpath, and it seems $s is not
> evaluated.
> > 
> >  >> edit('editor','"C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe" "$(cygpath 
> > -wa $s)"')
> >  >> edit foo.m
> > Usage: cygpath (-d|-m|-u|-w|-t TYPE) [-c HANDLE] [-f FILE] [options]
> NAME
> > cygpath [-ADHPSW]
> So the $(...) notation doesn't work on Cygwin?
> 
> Søren
> 
> P.S. Sorry if I'm confused but I don't have access to Cygwin.

The $(...) notation works, but since the filename of the file to be
edited is sprintf()-ed into the command string, you must use %s
instead of $s.

e.g.
edit('editor','"<path-to-editor>" $(cygpath -awl %s) &');

works under octave 2.1.73/cygwin and octave 2.9.8/cygwin

the path can be set either using 'c:/foo/bar.exe' or the cygwin-way
'/cygdrive/c/foo/bar.exe'

benjamin
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