unable to compare files

unable to compare files

[Angelo Borsotti]

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In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2004-03-10 on NYAUMO
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.2)'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENU
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I have installed emacs on Windows XP. I have also installed the
UNIXutils, which
include "diff". I have then tried to compare two buffers. After entering
the
names of the two buffers, I receive the following message:

ediff-setup: Symbol's function definition is void:
ediff-setup-diff-regions

and the file comparison then quits. What should I do to make it work?

Thank you
-Angelo Borsotti


Recent input:
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <files> <kill-buffer> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <files> <kill-buffer> 
<menu-bar> <tools> <compare> <ediff-buffers> <return> 
<return> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <buffer> "*Messages*" 
<help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <report-emacs-b
ug>

Recent messages:
Loading ediff-diff...
Creating group members... 83%
Creating group magic...
Creating group state...
Creating group... done
Creating customization items ...done
Creating customization setup...
Creating customization buffer...done
ediff-setup: Symbol's function definition is void:
ediff-setup-diff-regions
Loading emacsbug...done

Re: unable to compare files

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:23:45 +0100
> From: Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@alcatel-lucent.it>
> 
> I have installed emacs on Windows XP. I have also installed the
> UNIXutils, which
> include "diff". I have then tried to compare two buffers. After entering
> the
> names of the two buffers, I receive the following message:
> 
> ediff-setup: Symbol's function definition is void:
> ediff-setup-diff-regions
> 
> and the file comparison then quits. What should I do to make it work?

Thank you for your report.

Could you please type

  M-x set-variable RET debug-on-error RET t RET

and then try the Ediff command you used again, and post here the
backtrace popped up by Emacs?  That would help us narrow down the
problem.

TIA

Re: unable to compare files

[Angelo Borsotti]

Hi Eli,

I have switched on my PC and tried again right now.
It works fine. Yesterday I installed the UNIXutils
while emacs was running. Before installing them,
emacs complained that it could not find "diff";
after installing them it complained that it had
"ediff-setup-diff-regions" void.
Probably emacs does some initialization while it is
started that needs be done to make ediff work
properly.

-Angelo