From: lhall@rfk.com (Larry Hall) Subject: Re: New Installation 21 Oct 1998 00:55:42 -0700 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981020092556.00a5e6b0.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <19981019213307.22523.rocketmail@send1e.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com, Stephen Marley , gnu-win32@cygnus.com At 02:33 PM 10/19/98 -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote: >---Stephen Marley wrote: >> >> On 17 October 1998, Michael Hirmke wrote: >> > >> > Get vim from >> > >ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/porters/Hirmke_Michael >> >> I don't get it. Why should one use a Cygwin32 version of Vim when >> perfectly acceptable Win32 native ports (gui and console) exist? >> > >Simple, the mount table. The Cygwin32 would recognize a cygwin >mounted directory structure where the Win32 native port doesn't. This >is the _ONLY_ reason and IMHO not worth downloading the Cygwin version >if you have the native version already. > Unless you like and want to use Cygwin symbolic links... Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02482-7797 http://www.rfk.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".