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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com>
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Subject: Re: Problems opening files from run menu
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 05:21:50PM +0200, Paminu wrote:
>"Christopher Faylor" <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com> skrev i en 
>meddelelse news:20051019145018.GD3521@trixie.casa.cgf.cx...
>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 04:38:43PM +0200, Paminu wrote:
>>>I have a xfig file in:
>>>
>>>c:\cygwin\home\test\test.fig
>>>
>>>I can open this xfig file from the run menu like:
>>>bash --login -e startxprog xfig c:/cygwin/home/test/test.fig
>>>
>>>I also have a .dvi file in:
>>>c:\cygwin\home\test\test.dvi
>>>
>>>But when I type:
>>>bash --login -e startxprog xdvi c:/cygwin/home/test/test.dvi
>>>
>>>Nothing happens. Why is it possible to open a file like this with xfig but
>>>not with xdvi???
>>
>> How about using UNIX-like paths rather than Windows paths, that being
>> one the main reasons for Cygwin's existence?
>>
>>  bash --login -e startxprog xdvi /home/test/test.dvi
>
>
>That works fine. But the problem is when I execute xdvi from emacs. Then 
>this gets inserted:
>c:/cygwin/home/test/test.dvi
>
>if I could just get emacs to only type /home/test/test.dvi it would work.
>
>But I think it is wierd that xfig accepts the full path while xdvi only 
>accept the path excluding c:/cygwin, but maybe its a bug in xdvi. 

It is not a bug for a UNIX utility to be confused by MS-DOS paths.  If emacs
is using MS-DOS paths then the bug lies there.

cgf

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