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

[Søren Hauberg]

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.