Re: [TCLUG:15239] UltraEdit (When you're stuck in Windoz and needemacs)

[<Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com>]

>My experience with vim on the windows platform wµs depressing at first, it's
>just not easy to use in windows as it is in linux. For example when in linux
>you are at the command line in a term of some type anyway so to do a 'vim
><filename>' is easy, but to open a dos window, cd to the directory (Wich
>always sucks ass in command.com) then run 'vim filename' is a pain. And it's
>hard for me as I am not a dos guy, and relate much better to multi-user
>operating systems like linux with $HOME dirs and .bashrc's for variables. It's
>wierd making the switch witha friendly *nix app to windows.

Actually, I remember reading that there is a way in NT4 and NT5 to turn on
DOS command line completion (ala <tab>).  Additionally, it is easy to set
up environmental variables in NT, (slightly more annoying in Win9x).  I've
ofter set up my Windows boxes to "mimic" UNIX machines.  You know, with /usr,
/var, /home, etc.  Also, why do you have to cd to the directory first, couldn't
you just vim \path\to\filename?  Or does vim have problems with that in 
Windows?

Nick Reinking