RE: [h-e-w] Converting cygwin path to windows path

[Malcolm Cook]

cygpath should do it

see http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#CYGPATH



> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Joe Riel
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 4:34 PM
> To: NTEmacs
> Subject: [h-e-w] Converting cygwin path to windows path
> 
> 
> How do I convert a cygwin path (with forward slashes)
> to the equivalent windows/dos path (with backslashes)?
> 
> In my .emacs file I use the following so that, in dired, I can 
> launch a windows application.
> Usually it works as is, however, for some path names it fails. 
> Converting the forward slashes
> to backslashes will work, is there a predefined procedure that does so?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joe Riel
> 
> (defun w32-shell-execute-verb (&optional verb)
>   "Call w32-shell-execute on 'current' file (mode dependent)."
>   (interactive)
>   (if (eq major-mode 'dired-mode)
>       (let ((file (dired-get-filename)))
>       (dired-map-over-marks (w32-shell-execute verb file) ()))
>     (w32-shell-execute verb (buffer-file-name))))
> 
> (define-key global-map [(apps)] 'w32-shell-execute-verb)
> 
> (defun w32-shell-execute-buffer-choose (verb)
>   "Choose verb to apply to shell-execute.  Valid verbs may be \"open\",
> \"print\", \"explore\" etc.  Right click on a file to get hints, but the
> verbs themselves are stored in the registry mostly under 
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT."
>   (interactive "sVerb: ")
>   (w32-shell-execute-verb verb))
> 
> (define-key global-map [(shift apps)] 'w32-shell-execute-buffer-choose)
> 
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