From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: unable to compare files Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:10:39 +0200 Message-ID: References: <45B88531.56504DBF@alcatel-lucent.it> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1169802652 18876 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2007 09:10:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:10:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Angelo Borsotti Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 26 10:10:45 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HAN6a-0000sq-Kw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:10:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HAN6a-0001sY-11 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:10:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HAN6X-0001sT-Vk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:10:42 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HAN6X-0001sH-Dy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:10:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HAN6X-0001sE-9H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:10:41 -0500 Original-Received: from heller.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.23]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HAN6W-0003kH-VU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:10:41 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-36-219.inter.net.il [80.230.36.219]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id BSF14858 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:10:27 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <45B88531.56504DBF@alcatel-lucent.it> (message from Angelo Borsotti on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:23:45 +0100) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:15551 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:23:45 +0100 > From: Angelo Borsotti > > 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