From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Problem with Emacs Info and gzipped files on Cygwin Date: 25 Jan 2004 07:58:51 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075010479 31434 80.91.224.253 (25 Jan 2004 06:01:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 06:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 25 07:01:10 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AkdKY-00057v-00 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 07:01:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AkdHd-0002NY-Fg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 00:58:09 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AkdHD-0002NJ-So for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 00:57:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AkdGh-0002Ke-2S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 00:57:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [207.232.27.5] (helo=WST0054) by monty-python.gnu.org with asmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AkdGg-0002KW-2l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 00:57:10 -0500 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from eMaXer on Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:16:08 GMT) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16334 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16334 > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > From: eMaXer > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:16:08 GMT > > Hi, I am using NTEmacs (GNU Emacs 21.3.1) on Windows XP, and Cygwin > 1.5.5-1. When I try to use Emacs Info, if the info file is gzipped an > error message window pops up with the following message : > > "The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction. > CS:0726 IP:ffd8 OP:fe ff 00 00 00 Choose 'Close' to terminate the application." > > The message window has the title "16 bit MS DOS Subsystem". > > The error happens in the function call-process-region. The following code > produces the same error: > > (call-process-region (point-min) end-of-gzipped > "gunzip" t t nil) What port of gzip/gunzip do you have? If it's a DOS port, I'd try to replace it with a native Windows port. (I suspect that it's a DOS port because NTVDM, the NT Virtual DOS Machine, a.k.a. NT DOS emulator, does not kick in unless you run a DOS program.)