From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Fineman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:31:18 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <848uyu2agp.fsf@verizon.net> References: <84y56uhoxz.fsf@verizon.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1379533623 11365 80.91.229.3 (18 Sep 2013 19:47:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:47:03 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 18 21:47:06 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VMNiK-0000kE-1R for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:47:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48606 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VMNiJ-0002O3-N9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:47:03 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 24 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="0d255281f8e0ab7f35c41b72e0553f45"; logging-data="27746"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX185ZU9V2NY+Dvx0zMDiD/2C" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:iaPHT8qjhlVwqzQrzQtM5HMn+ZE= sha1:uL1vPmNgOWbQ0HEdeDOc350+Ybo= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.bug:104732 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:47:00 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:78530 Archived-At: Glenn Morris 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. -- --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: I am 7 years old, plus shipping & handling. :||