Dear Drew,
If I press C-h f , my machine doesn't know
kmacro-exec-ring-item.
It knows
kmacro-call-macro           kmacro-end-and-call-macro
kmacro-end-call-mouse           kmacro-end-macro
kmacro-end-or-call-macro       kmacro-keymap
kmacro-start-macro           kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter
but nothing else.
2008/10/5 Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>

>        I have recorded a macro and saved it in my .emacs-file.
>        But, unfortunately, if I run this macro, I get:
>        "Symbol's function definition is void: kmacro-exec-ring-item"
>        What is the meaning of this?
>
> [Please use plain-text messages for this mailing list.]
>
> What happens when you do `C-h f kmacro-exec-ring-item RET'?
>
> It should display something like this:
>
> ,----
> | kmacro-exec-ring-item is an autoloaded Lisp function in `kmacro'.
> | (kmacro-exec-ring-item item arg)
> |
> | Execute item item from the macro ring.
> `----
>
> This function was added in Emacs 22, I believe. If you defined your macro
> with
> Emacs 22 or 23, and then tried to execute it with Emacs 20 or 21, that
> might be
> the problem. Dunno.
>
> If not, then try, before executing the macro, `M-x load-library kmacro'.
> Does
> that help?
>
> `kmacro-exec-ring-item' seems not to have been autoloaded by executing your
> macro. It should be loaded automatically - it works for me. Which Emacs
> release
> are you using, how did you define your macro, and so on? Do you get the
> same
> result when you start with `emacs -q' (or `emacs -Q', if you have a recent
> Emacs
> release)? If not, something in your init file (.emacs) is causing a
> problem.
>
>