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> Im trying to invoke emacs to do a comparesion of two files under windows XP
> with
> emacs -f (ediff-files "file1" "file2")
> from a command line, but O get the following errors in the *messages* buffer
> within emacs
>
> command-line-1: Symbol's function definition is void: \(ediff-files
> Server subprocess exited
>
> 2 questions:
>
> 1. How do I make it work??
>
> 2. How would I send this command to a running emacs via gnuclientw??

Hi Søren!

I use gnudoit:
gnudoit "(ediff-files \"file1\" \"file2\")"

Stefan.