[vim/vim] `vimtutor` failed to find `gvim.exe` when called in Windows Command Prompt (Issue #10535)
Fan Meng (Frank)
Steps to reproduce
run vimtutor in Windows Command Prompt, or in Windows Terminal
the following error dialog appears:
then it opens the vim with the tutor instead
Expected behaviour
correctly open gvim.exe with the tutor, as running vimtutor from the start menu
Version of Vim
8.2.5056
Environment
OS: Windows 10.0.19044.1741
terminal: Windows Terminal 1.12.10982.0
shell: Command Prompt
another thing may be relevant:
I installed the vim using Chocolatey v1.1.0, and during installation I can see it downloaded the gvim_8.2.5056_x64.zip
Logs and stack traces
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Christian Brabandt
is that a duplicate of #10460 ?
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Fan Meng (Frank)
the issue #10460 do looks similar to me,
while the problem persists even after I uninstalled the vim and redo the fresh install via Chocolatey, so I assume the problem may either in Chocolatey installation or in the vim installation package, specially: gvim_8.2.5056_x64.zip
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Christian Brabandt
Cannot reproduce. I downloaded gvim_8.2.5056_x64.zip from https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases/tag/v8.2.5056 and extracted it into a new directory. I then run cmd.exe and did clean $PATH so that current gvim installation does not interfer and then did run vimtutor.bat. Since it is in the same directory as (g)vim.exe the tutor started successfully.
So how did you install it, since it is only a zip file? Do you have another vimtutor somewhere in your path? Check where vimtutor Check your PATH settings.
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Fan Meng (Frank)
I installed the vim via Chocolatey:
choco install vim
Once installed, I can run program like vim, gvim or vimtutor from anywhere (not just inside the install folder),
as several batch files are automatically created inside the system folder:
- C:\Windows\vim.bat
- C:\Windows\gvim.bat
- C:\Windows\vimtutor.bat
- etc.
I can see the problem now: since vimtutor.bat only works inside the install folder, it wouldn't work when I actually run C:\Windows\vimtutor.bat
The default install folder is C:\tools\vim
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K.Takata
Choco just copies vimtutor.bat from the install folder to C:\Windows, but vimtutor.bat works only when it is in the same folder as gvim.exe.
I think it is a choco issue.
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Christian Brabandt
Please report then at https://github.com/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-packages/issues
Closing this then.
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Christian Brabandt
Closed #10535 as completed.
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