Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3

[Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net>]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> Joe Fineman wrote:
>
>> I renamed away the compare-w.* files I had copied into /emacs-24.3.
>> Then, as before, compare-windows did not work: it gave the error
>> message "Cannot open load file: compare-w".
>>
>> I then brought up emacs -Q from Cygwin.  There, compare-windows
>> worked.
>>
>> I then added /emacs-24.3/lisp/vc to my load path in .emacs.
>> Thereupon, compare-windows worked in my own Emacs.
>
> I'm guessing that something in your .emacs might mess up load-path.

Very likely.  I can no longer remember why, once upon a time, I
redefined load-path in .emacs, but over the years it has accreted quite
a lot.  I have commented all that out, and given the default a fresh
start.  It seems to be working.
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