At 03:36 PM 3/29/2002, Gaurav Khanna wrote: >Hi, > >I installed the cygwin bash shell along with the VIM editor on windows. >Now the problem is that it opens up the files in UNIX mode and not in >DOS mode. And it saves that way too. I have tried reinstalling the whole >thing including the vim editor and specifying DOS as the default file >type but to no avail. What am I missing? >Initially I had specified UNIX as the default type but since then I have >done a lot of I installations trying to get DOS as the default. >Please help.
Sorry, I don't have the problem here, even with binary mount points. Setting fileformat=dos allows me to read and write files in DOS mode whenever I want with vim. Perhaps you need to do a little more debugging on your end. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/