Both inputs illicit the same behavior.
On 10/3/06, *Søren Hauberg* <address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
Thanks for the feedback. Could you try without the " characters? That is
edit('editor', 'C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe `cygpath -wa
%s`')
and
edit('editor', 'C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe $(cygpath
-wa
%s)')
It would be of great help,
Søren
Aquil H. Abdullah skrev:
> I am running octave 2.1.73 under under cygwin. Here are the
results of
> your test. When I just typed edit the Notepad editor started.
>
> octave:1> edit('editor', '"C:/Windows/Notepad.exe `cygpath -wa %s`"')
> octave:2> edit foo.m
> error: edit: could not create /home/aha/octave/foo.m
> error: evaluating if command near line 287, column 3
> error: called from `edit' in file
> `/usr/share/octave/site/m/octave-forge/miscellaneous/edit.m'
> octave:2> edit
> sh: line 0: cd: /home/aha/octave: No such file or directory
> Usage: cygpath (-d|-m|-u|-w|-t TYPE) [-f FILE] [OPTION]... NAME...
> cygpath [-c HANDLE]
> cygpath [-ADHPSW]
> Convert Unix and Windows format paths, or output system path
information
>
> Output type options:
> -d, --dos print DOS (short) form of NAMEs
(C:\PROGRA~1\)
> -m, --mixed like --windows, but with regular slashes
(C:/WINNT)
> -M, --mode report on mode of file (binmode or textmode)
> -u, --unix (default) print Unix form of NAMEs
> (/cygdrive/c/winnt)
> -w, --windows print Windows form of NAMEs (C:\WINNT)
> -t, --type TYPE print TYPE form: 'dos', 'mixed', 'unix', or
> 'windows'
> Path conversion options:
> -a, --absolute output absolute path
> -l, --long-name print Windows long form of NAMEs (with
-w, -m only)
> -p, --path NAME is a PATH list (i.e., '/bin:/usr/bin')
> -s, --short-name print DOS (short) form of NAMEs (with -w,
-m only)
> System information:
> -A, --allusers use `All Users' instead of current user
for -D, -P
> -D, --desktop output `Desktop' directory and exit
> -H, --homeroot output `Profiles' directory (home root)
and exit
> -P, --smprograms output Start Menu `Programs' directory
and exit
> -S, --sysdir output system directory and exit
> -W, --windir output `Windows' directory and exit
> Try `cygpath --help' for more information.
>
>
>
>
> On 10/3/06, *Søren Hauberg* <address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>
> <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm looking for a cygwin user who will test do a simple
test for me
> (I don't have easy access to cygwin). The help text for the
> octave-forge
> command "edit" tells me that I can use a native Windows
editor by typing
>
> edit('editor', '"C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe `cygpath
> -wa %s`"')
>
> Could anybody test if it's possible to write
>
> edit('editor', '"C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe
$(cygpath -wa
> %s)"')
>
> instead?
>
> Thanks, Søren
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