Re: /cygdrive/c vs c:\

Hello, Mats!

Try the code attached to the end of the message.

It provides transparent changes of "/cygdrive/c" to "c:\" in lisp code.

;; Usage:

;; Place the library in your load-path and add the following lines
;; to your init file:

;; (when (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
;;   (autoload 'npak-cygwin-file-handler-function "npak-cygwin")
;;   (push (cons "\\`/cygdrive/\\([a-zA-Z]\\)\\(/\\|$\\)"
;;               'npak-cygwin-file-handler-function)
;;         file-name-handler-alist))

;; If CYGWIN prefix in not /cygdrive on your system then modify regular
;; expression in the sample above AND `npak-cygwin-drive-re'.

The library makes the following to work:

(find-file "/cygdrive/c/some-path/some-file.txt")
(load-library "/cygdrive/d/some-path/some-lib")
(file-truename "/cygdrive/c") => "c:\\"

Several limitation:

  The filename transformation is pure textual.  Therefore Cygwin simlinks
  should not work.

  it's not that easy to customise the code to recognize Cygwin prefix other
  then /cygdrive/

  Interactive read of Cygwin file names might work in a strange way sometimes.


Nick.

intro: "MO" == Mats Oberg <[email protected]> writes:

  MO> Hope this list is still alive, despite all spam.  I recently re-installed
  MO> Xemacs 21.4.13 native for windows 2000. I have a problem that it only
  MO> recognizes c:/ and d:/ type path names, and not /cygdrive/c/, /cygdrive/d
  MO> etc. In particular difficult since my init.el contains /cygdrive/d/ type
  MO> path names.

  MO> I have searched Xemacs documentation and FAQ but have not found any
  MO> solution. How do I make Xemacs to recognize /cygdrive/d/ as valid path.

  MO> Thanks

  MO> Mats Öberg

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