A little annoiance after modifying my .bashrc file to add an alias to edit files

A little annoiance after modifying my .bashrc file to add an alias to edit files

[gialloporpora]

Hi all,
I have found this good tip:
http://www.mikaelkrok.net/component/content/article/44-java/131-use-cygwin-with-your-best-external-windows-text-editor
to use my Windows text editor to modify files.
I have added this line to my .bashrc file:
     alias edit="cygstart /cygdrive/c/Programmi/Crimson\ Editor/cedt.exe 
"$(cygpath -w "$1")""
I have only an annoiance, not a real problem, only an annoiance:  when I 
start the Cygwin shell and it loads the .bashrc file, it is shown this 
message:
     cygpath: can't convert empty path

Is it possible to hide it without removing the tip?
Thanks
Sandro




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Re: A little annoiance after modifying my .bashrc file to add an alias to edit files

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 6/20/2012 2:13 PM, gialloporpora wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have found this good tip:
> http://www.mikaelkrok.net/component/content/article/44-java/131-use-cygwin-with-your-best-external-windows-text-editor
>
> to use my Windows text editor to modify files.
> I have added this line to my .bashrc file:
> alias edit="cygstart /cygdrive/c/Programmi/Crimson\ Editor/cedt.exe
> "$(cygpath -w "$1")""
> I have only an annoiance, not a real problem, only an annoiance: when I
> start the Cygwin shell and it loads the .bashrc file, it is shown this message:
> cygpath: can't convert empty path
>
> Is it possible to hide it without removing the tip?

I'm curious why you query the list for help instead of your original source.
That notwithstanding, the reason you see this is because the alias you found
and are using is wrong.  From the bash man page:

    There is no mechanism for using arguments in the replacement text.  If
    arguments are needed, a shell function should be  used  (see  FUNCTIONS
    below).

The alias you pulled from the web tries to work-around this restriction,
without much success (not surprisingly).  Use a function something like
this:

edit ()
{
     cygstart "/cygdrive/c/Programmi/Crimson\ Editor/cedt.exe" $(cygpath -w 
"$*")
}

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Re: A little annoiance after modifying my .bashrc file to add an alias to edit files

[gialloporpora]

Risposta al messaggio di Larry Hall (Cygwin) :

> I'm curious why you query the list for help instead of your original source.


Since, I suppose that the author doesn't know the answer, because I 
suppose, that if he knew the answer would have written it directly in 
article. In past I have always asked in this newsgroup for Cygwin 
related problems, always with good and satisfactory answers, like in 
this occasion
And asking in newsgroup I could easily save the thread archiving it in TB.


> That notwithstanding, the reason you see this is because the alias you found
> and are using is wrong.  From the bash man page:
>
>     There is no mechanism for using arguments in the replacement text.  If
>     arguments are needed, a shell function should be  used  (see  FUNCTIONS
>     below).
>
> The alias you pulled from the web tries to work-around this restriction,
> without much success (not surprisingly).  Use a function something like
> this:
>
> edit ()
> {
>      cygstart "/cygdrive/c/Programmi/Crimson\ Editor/cedt.exe" $(cygpath -w
> "$*")




Thank you very much Larry for you explanation, it works perfectly
Exactly what I am searching for




Sandro








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