Re:emacs diff not available

Re:emacs diff not available

[Norbert Melzer]

hugobajas <hugobajas-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Wrote in message:
> Hello,
> 
> I am new in the field of editing with emacs and need help.
> 
> I have dowloaded cygwin and would like to use emacs as text editor.
> 
> The first thing I wanted to do is to compare 2 files.
> 
> To do so, I lauch emacs from the "C:\cygwin\bin" where I find
> "emacs-w32.exe".
> 
> I then open my two files. 
> Then, I do "tool -> compare -> two buffers" but a message appears saying "No
> such file or directory, diff".
> 
> But in "C:\cygwin\bin" there is "diff.exe".
> 
> I do not understand what is missing?
> 
> Could you help me please with that?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Hugo  
> 
> 
> 
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> 

AFAIK you need to start emacs from cygwin terminal to have
 environment set proper. 
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Re:emacs diff not available

[Norbert Melzer]

Norbert Melzer <timmelzer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Wrote in message:

> 
> AFAIK you need to start emacs from cygwin terminal to have
>  environment set proper. 

Also it *might* work to create a link that has the following command:

C:\cygwin\bin\bash emacs
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