use existing session/window?

Hello,

How do I get an existing session/window of cream to be used when opening 
a new document using r-click "Edit with cream"[0]  or from a batch 
file[1]? As it is now it tries to open a new session and then there are 
a bunch of errors as it discovers .swp files. I have cream 0.42 with vim 
7.2.245 installed on Windows XP x64 with auto-update run regularily. I 
upgraded cream a few days ago, I didn't notice what the old version was 
but vim was 7.1.  I didn't have this problem before upgrading.

[0] Registry entry for "Edit with cream"
   Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell]
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Cream]
    <at> ="Edit with Cream/&Vim"
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Cream\Command]
    <at> ="\"c:\\local\\vim\\vim72\\gvim.exe\" \"-u\" 
\"c:\\local\\vim\\vim72\\cream\\creamrc\" \"-U\" \"NONE\" 
\"--servername\" \"CREAM\" \"%1\""

[1] cream.bat:
    C:\local\vim\vim72\gvim.exe "-u" "c:\local\vim\vim72\cream\creamrc" 
"-U" "NONE" "--servername" "CREAM" %*

thanks :)

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Geomatics Analyst

setting swap file location

Hi,

I'm trying to have Cream use "C:\Temp" for swapfiles instead of the 
folder the file being edited is in. I've created "C:\Documents and 
Settings\myusername\.cream\cream-user.vim" with the following content, 
but it is not being honoured:

   let g:CREAM_SWP = "C:/TEMP"

I also tried:

   let $CREAM_SWP = "C:/TEMP"

I know cream-user.vim is being processed because if I put garbage in 
there is an error on startup, "E492: Not an editor command: ..."

Thinking there might be some leftovers from upgrading (see previous 
message) I uninstalled Cream+Vim, deleted %HOMEPATH%\.cream, and 
reinstalled. No change.

Am I seeing a bug, or doing something wrong?

cheers,

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matt wilkie
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Geomatics Analyst
Information Management and Technology
Yukon Department of Environment

Re: setting swap file location

On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 11:12 -0700, Matt Wilkie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to have Cream use "C:\Temp" for swapfiles instead of the 
> folder the file being edited is in. I've created "C:\Documents and 
> Settings\myusername\.cream\cream-user.vim" with the following content, 
> but it is not being honoured:
> 
>    let g:CREAM_SWP = "C:/TEMP"
> 
> I also tried:
> 
>    let $CREAM_SWP = "C:/TEMP"
> 
> I know cream-user.vim is being processed because if I put garbage in 
> there is an error on startup, "E492: Not an editor command: ..."
> 
> Thinking there might be some leftovers from upgrading (see previous 
> message) I uninstalled Cream+Vim, deleted %HOMEPATH%\.cream, and 
> reinstalled. No change.
> 
> Am I seeing a bug, or doing something wrong?

Vim is VERY picky about path format on Windows, did you try "C:\\TEMP"
and also confirm that the case is correct? Also make sure it isn't
trying to use the "dir /x" type of shortname directory name.

What version did you upgrade from, was it recent? (Just trying to figure
out if this is something that hasn't been broken for a long while.)

Re: use existing session/window?

On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 10:21 -0700, Matt Wilkie wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> How do I get an existing session/window of cream to be used when opening 
> a new document using r-click "Edit with cream"[0]  or from a batch 
> file[1]? As it is now it tries to open a new session and then there are 
> a bunch of errors as it discovers .swp files. I have cream 0.42 with vim 
> 7.2.245 installed on Windows XP x64 with auto-update run regularily. I 
> upgraded cream a few days ago, I didn't notice what the old version was 
> but vim was 7.1.  I didn't have this problem before upgrading.
> 
> 
> [0] Registry entry for "Edit with cream"
>    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell]
>    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Cream]
>     <at> ="Edit with Cream/&Vim"
>    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Cream\Command]
>     <at> ="\"c:\\local\\vim\\vim72\\gvim.exe\" \"-u\" 
> \"c:\\local\\vim\\vim72\\cream\\creamrc\" \"-U\" \"NONE\" 
> \"--servername\" \"CREAM\" \"%1\""
> 
> [1] cream.bat:
>     C:\local\vim\vim72\gvim.exe "-u" "c:\local\vim\vim72\cream\creamrc" 
> "-U" "NONE" "--servername" "CREAM" %*

Hmmm, not sure. I'll have to check it on my Windows XP x64 box
tomorrow morning, but I'd guess something about the path. Can you
verify these are clean file locations without any .swp files prior to
starting Cream?

Re: setting swap file location

Good news,

I deleted the EditWith registry entries which did _not_ have Wow6432Node 
in the branch path, by the expedient of prefacing the lines with a 
negative and then 2x-clicking on them (attached). This seems to have 
fixed the swap exists error, and markedly improved EditWith response time.

Now there's just problem of putting the swap files in %temp% instead of 
adjacent to the file.

cheers,

matt wilkie
--------------------------------------------
Geomatics Analyst
Information Management and Technology
Yukon Department of Environment
10 Burns Road * Whitehorse, Yukon * Y1A 4Y9
867-667-8133 Tel * 867-393-7003 Fax
http://environmentyukon.gov.yk.ca/geomatics/
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Menu bar disappeared

Hey,

I'm currently using ubuntu, and have been using cream for a few weeks.
Today, I tried to open a group of seven files and received some odd
errors, resulting in only three of the files being opened and some odd
behavior (open, format, and some other functions weren't working). So,
I closed the editor and reopened it to find that there was no menu bar
(file, edit, view, etc.). I tried removing the package, renaming the
.cream folder, but I was unable to get the menu bar back. Anyone have
any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Bryan

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Re: Menu bar disappeared

From: William Gilbert, Mon, October 12, 2009 10:10 pm
> 
> I'm currently using ubuntu, and have been using cream for a few
> weeks. Today, I tried to open a group of seven files and received
> some odd errors, resulting in only three of the files being opened
> and some odd behavior (open, format, and some other functions
> weren't working). So, I closed the editor and reopened it to find
> that there was no menu bar (file, edit, view, etc.). I tried
> removing the package, renaming the .cream folder, but I was unable
> to get the menu bar back. Anyone have any suggestions?

At the commandline [Ctrl+L, :]

  :guioptions+=m

How are you opening a group of files? Cream initializes with the menu
off to improve startup speed, but then turns it back on via autocmd.
For some reason, the startup does not appear to be complete, it fails
before the initialization autocmds finish.

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Re: Menu bar disappeared

Thanks for your reply!

I tried running the ':guioptions+=m' in command mode, but I keep
getting 'E492: Not an editor command'. Please let me know if I'm doing
something wrong here.

I opened the group of files, by selecting all of them in nautilus and
using the 'open with' option in the command menu. Do you think maybe
since cream didn't finish initializing properly and didn't turn the
menu back on, when I closed it, that wrote the setting back out
somewhere?.....Ok, I just checked gvim, and I'm seeing the same thing
there, I'll check out my vimrc file when I get a chance.

Thanks again!
Bryan

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Steve Hall <digitect@...> wrote:
> From: William Gilbert, Mon, October 12, 2009 10:10 pm
>>
>> I'm currently using ubuntu, and have been using cream for a few
>> weeks. Today, I tried to open a group of seven files and received
>> some odd errors, resulting in only three of the files being opened
>> and some odd behavior (open, format, and some other functions
>> weren't working). So, I closed the editor and reopened it to find
>> that there was no menu bar (file, edit, view, etc.). I tried
>> removing the package, renaming the .cream folder, but I was unable
>> to get the menu bar back. Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> At the commandline [Ctrl+L, :]
>

Re: Menu bar disappeared

I found that you meant ':set guioptions+=m', which seems to behave
correctly (i.e. doesn't give a failure message), but does not return
the menu bar. I tried this in both gvim and cream, and it didn't work
for either.

Thanks,
Bryan

PS. I tried 'set guioptions+=T' and that added the toolbar, as well
'-=' removed it. So maybe something else is blocking the menu?

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:37 AM, William Gilbert <gilbertw1@...> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply!
>
> I tried running the ':guioptions+=m' in command mode, but I keep
> getting 'E492: Not an editor command'. Please let me know if I'm doing
> something wrong here.
>
> I opened the group of files, by selecting all of them in nautilus and
> using the 'open with' option in the command menu. Do you think maybe
> since cream didn't finish initializing properly and didn't turn the
> menu back on, when I closed it, that wrote the setting back out
> somewhere?.....Ok, I just checked gvim, and I'm seeing the same thing
> there, I'll check out my vimrc file when I get a chance.
>
> Thanks again!
> Bryan
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Steve Hall <digitect@...> wrote:
>> From: William Gilbert, Mon, October 12, 2009 10:10 pm

Re: Menu bar disappeared

Whoops, sorry that should have been:

  :set guioptions+=m

I don't find the Nautilus context menu very robust, it is apparently
sending the entire string of files to what Vim understands to be a
single argument. Not sure how to fix this, we were able to fix this
via extra quoting in Windows Explorer.

Steve

From: William Gilbert, Tue, October 13, 2009 9:37 am
>
> Thanks for your reply!
>
> I tried running the ':guioptions+=m' in command mode, but I keep
> getting 'E492: Not an editor command'. Please let me know if I'm
> doing something wrong here.
>
> I opened the group of files, by selecting all of them in nautilus
> and using the 'open with' option in the command menu. Do you think
> maybe since cream didn't finish initializing properly and didn't
> turn the menu back on, when I closed it, that wrote the setting back
> out somewhere?.....Ok, I just checked gvim, and I'm seeing the same
> thing there, I'll check out my vimrc file when I get a chance.
>
> Thanks again!
> Bryan
>