From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Sep 16 11:55:29 2013 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Sep 2013 15:55:29 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41240 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLb96-0002a2-6y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:55:28 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36671) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLac1-0001j3-RP for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:21:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLabn-0008B1-Ee for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:21:12 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,T_MANY_HDRS_LCASE autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:50670) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLabn-0008Av-CB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:21:03 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38273) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLabf-0006LV-60 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:21:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLabW-000878-Qg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:20:54 -0400 Received: from vms173001pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.1]:54328) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLabW-000873-LQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:20:46 -0400 Received: from MALDEN ([unknown] [71.174.187.194]) by vms173001.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MT8005UP5A2LQG2@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:20:27 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Fineman To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:19:56 -0400 Message-id: <841u4ovlnn.fsf@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:55:26 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) On upgrading from GNU Emacs 22.3 to 24.3, I found that the command compare-windows did not work. The documentation for it was there, but the library (compare-w.el) was missing. On copying compare-w.el & compare-w.elc from Emacs 22.3, the difficulty vanished. -- --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: Once you're ready to die, you can enjoy life. :|| From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Sep 16 12:05:55 2013 Received: (at 15395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Sep 2013 16:05:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41271 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLbJD-0002rf-Dn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:05:55 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:50553 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLbJA-0002rV-Nv for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:05:53 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLbJ9-0002YF-K0; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:05:51 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: Joe Fineman Subject: Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 References: <841u4ovlnn.fsf@verizon.net> X-Spook: assassination counter intelligence Honduras government X-Ran: |P([cP@N7h>,&B9pi.SUXj|vdma.#d;QvuIbS{fdSNL|-i7L{XnIhq9{*"(%`\,'KNz\<5 X-Hue: yellow X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Attribution: GM Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:05:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <841u4ovlnn.fsf@verizon.net> (Joe Fineman's message of "Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:19:56 -0400") Message-ID: <1kob7skazk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 15395 Cc: 15395@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) Joe Fineman wrote: > On upgrading from GNU Emacs 22.3 to 24.3, I found that the command > compare-windows did not work. The documentation for it was there, but > the library (compare-w.el) was missing. On copying compare-w.el & > compare-w.elc from Emacs 22.3, the difficulty vanished. Sorry, that doesn't make any sense to me. The 24.3 tar file available from ftp.gnu.org includes compare-w.el and compare-w.elc. Note that they live in a vc/ subdirectory of lisp now. You didn't give any details as to what kind of system you are using, whether you compiled Emacs yourself, etc. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Sep 16 13:09:15 2013 Received: (at 15395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Sep 2013 17:09:15 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41415 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcIV-0005Wp-7w for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:09:15 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:51669 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcIU-0005Wi-1e for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:09:14 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcIT-000120-CU for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:09:13 -0400 Resent-Message-ID: <21047.15161.201057.394314@gnu.org> Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:09:13 -0400 Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: 15395@debbugs.gnu.org Bcc: rgm@gnu.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_HDRS_LCASE,T_MANY_HDRS_LCASE autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 References: <841u4ovlnn.fsf@verizon.net> <1kob7skazk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> In-reply-to: <1kob7skazk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:05:51 -0400") Message-id: <84vc20u2dj.fsf@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.46.173.7 Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:01:44 -0400 From: Joe Fineman To: Glenn Morris Subject: Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 X-Bogosity: no, spamicity=0.088550, v1.2.1 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (windows-nt) X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 15395 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) Glenn Morris writes: > Joe Fineman wrote: > >> On upgrading from GNU Emacs 22.3 to 24.3, I found that the command >> compare-windows did not work. The documentation for it was there, but >> the library (compare-w.el) was missing. On copying compare-w.el & >> compare-w.elc from Emacs 22.3, the difficulty vanished. > > Sorry, that doesn't make any sense to me. > > The 24.3 tar file available from ftp.gnu.org includes compare-w.el and > compare-w.elc. Note that they live in a vc/ subdirectory of lisp now. That seems to have been the problem. It seems that Emacs was not looking there -- and, needless to say, neither was I. > You didn't give any details as to what kind of system you are using, > whether you compiled Emacs yourself, etc. I apologize. I meant to do so, but forgot. For my many sins, I am running it under Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 Build 2600 with Cygwin 1.5.25(0.156/4/2). I did not compile it myself. Thank you for your patience. -- --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. :|| From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Sep 16 13:12:48 2013 Received: (at 15395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Sep 2013 17:12:48 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41430 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcLv-0005cJ-Ok for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:12:47 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:51742 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcLu-0005cB-0J for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:12:46 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLcLt-0001QH-1g; Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:12:45 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: Joe Fineman Subject: Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 References: <841u4ovlnn.fsf@verizon.net> <1kob7skazk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <84vc20u2dj.fsf@verizon.net> X-Spook: propaganda SRI JPL Jiang Zemin 9/11 sweep jihad X-Ran: gJ*}JI+5VczvYJ1c>VbCx|1/CZiqNs (Joe Fineman's message of "Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:01:44 -0400") Message-ID: <2ubo3svgfn.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 15395 Cc: 15395@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) (Please keep the debbugs address cc'd.) Joe Fineman wrote: >> The 24.3 tar file available from ftp.gnu.org includes compare-w.el and >> compare-w.elc. Note that they live in a vc/ subdirectory of lisp now. > > That seems to have been the problem. It seems that Emacs was not > looking there -- and, needless to say, neither was I. In what way was Emacs "not looking there"? Please give a complete recipe that shows the problem, starting from emacs -Q. > For my many sins, I am running it under Windows XP Professional > Service Pack 3 Build 2600 with Cygwin 1.5.25(0.156/4/2). I did not > compile it myself. Is it the version from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/, or from somewhere else? From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 17 07:24:32 2013 Received: (at 15395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Sep 2013 11:24:32 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43371 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLtON-0000Zp-FI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:24:32 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:40617 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLtOH-0000Zb-Sd for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:24:26 -0400 Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VLtOD-0003nN-0j; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:24:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:24:17 -0400 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 From: Richard Stallman To: Glenn Morris In-reply-to: <1kob7skazk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Glenn Morris on Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:05:51 -0400) Subject: Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 References: <841u4ovlnn.fsf@verizon.net> <1kob7skazk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 15395 Cc: 15395@debbugs.gnu.org, joe_f@verizon.net X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: rms@gnu.org List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) [ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider [ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, [ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. The 24.3 tar file available from ftp.gnu.org includes compare-w.el and compare-w.elc. Note that they live in a vc/ subdirectory of lisp now. Why are these in vc? That have nothing to do with vc, which is the interface to version control systems. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 17 11:24:05 2013 Received: (at 15395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Sep 2013 15:24:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44232 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLx8G-0007z6-KN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:24:04 -0400 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:60279) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VLx8A-0007yZ-1t for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:23:59 -0400 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from ceviche.home ([24.201.53.56]) by VL-VM-MR002.ip.videotron.ca (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-22.01 64bit (built Apr 21 2011)) with ESMTP id <0MTA00BRI03STD20@VL-VM-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:23:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 21171660E6; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:23:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Stefan Monnier To: Richard Stallman Subject: Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 Message-id: References: <841u4ovlnn.fsf@verizon.net> <1kob7skazk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:23:59 -0400 In-reply-to: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 15395 Cc: Glenn Morris , 15395@debbugs.gnu.org, joe_f@verizon.net X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) > Why are these in vc? That have nothing to do with vc, which is the > interface to version control systems. No: lisp/vc is a subdirectory containing various packages related to managing different versions of the same file. VC is there, of course, but so is diff-mode, ediff, emerge, pcl-cvs, etc... Stefan From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 17 21:58:26 2013 Received: (at 15395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Sep 2013 01:58:27 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45243 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VM72A-00009A-0y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:58:26 -0400 Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.5]:51790) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VM727-00008w-CU for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:58:23 -0400 Received: from MALDEN ([unknown] [71.174.187.194]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MTA00EE6TGNDM50@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:58:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Fineman To: Glenn Morris Subject: Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:57:12 -0400 Message-id: <84y56uhoxz.fsf@verizon.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (windows-nt) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 15395 Cc: 15395@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) > (Please keep the debbugs address cc'd.) Noted. > Joe Fineman wrote: > >> The 24.3 tar file available from ftp.gnu.org includes > >> compare-w.el and compare-w.elc. Note that they live in a vc/ > >> subdirectory of lisp now. > > > > That seems to have been the problem. It seems that Emacs was not > > looking there -- and, needless to say, neither was I. > In what way was Emacs "not looking there"? > Please give a complete recipe that shows the problem, starting from > emacs -Q. > > For my many sins, I am running it under Windows XP Professional > > Service Pack 3 Build 2600 with Cygwin 1.5.25(0.156/4/2). I did not > > compile it myself. > Is it the version from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/, > or from somewhere else? I don't remember. 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. It appears that something I did, in my .emacs file or elsewhere, caused my Emacs not to load lisp/vc. I have had similar problems with previous versions of Emacs -- libraries that were there, but were not being looked at -- and solved them the same way, by putting them explicitly in the load path. This time, it did not occur to me to do a thoro search for the missing compare-w.*; I supposed it had been left out instead of tucked away. It seems not to have been a bug, but one way or another, the thing is working now. Thank you for your efforts and your patience. -- --- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: All of your biases have at some point been confirmed by :|| ||: anecdote. :|| From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 17 22:11:10 2013 Received: (at 15395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Sep 2013 02:11:10 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45265 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VM7ET-0000U5-S8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:11:10 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:54469 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VM7ER-0000Tx-Ol for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:11:08 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VM7EQ-00059M-IE; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:11:06 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: Joe Fineman Subject: Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 References: <84y56uhoxz.fsf@verizon.net> X-Spook: advisors Clinton Majic CNCIS USDOJ Legion of Doom X-Ran: pWF$fCf|orh&t{?b/:lVM*2SLVJ{;-Ni*4BKd#[w}=-h3"e?pf="exZJA#!tbsc8ff1'k9 X-Hue: blue X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Attribution: GM Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:11:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <84y56uhoxz.fsf@verizon.net> (Joe Fineman's message of "Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:57:12 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 15395 Cc: 15395@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) 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. Try comparing the value of load-path in emacs -Q and normal emacs, and look for anything that has gone missing. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 17 22:41:32 2013 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Sep 2013 02:41:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45315 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VM7hs-0001GM-MZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:41:32 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:54834 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VM7hq-0001GC-AC for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:41:30 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VM7hp-00042b-OM for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:41:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:41:29 -0400 Message-Id: Subject: control message for bug 15395 To: X-Mailer: mail (GNU Mailutils 2.1) From: Glenn Morris X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.7 (-----) tag 15395 notabug close 15395 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Sep 18 03:11:06 2013 Received: (at 15395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Sep 2013 07:11:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45630 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VMBuj-0000dw-O0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:11:06 -0400 Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:52824) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VMBuf-0000dC-Pn for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:11:03 -0400 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MTB006007W24900@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for 15395@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:10:55 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MTB0065T7Y50M40@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:10:54 +0300 (IDT) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:10:54 +0300 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3 In-reply-to: <84y56uhoxz.fsf@verizon.net> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: Joe Fineman Message-id: <83txhiob9d.fsf@gnu.org> References: <841u4ovlnn.fsf@verizon.net> <84y56uhoxz.fsf@verizon.net> X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 15395 Cc: rgm@gnu.org, 15395@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) > From: Joe Fineman > Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:57:12 -0400 > Cc: 15395@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > For my many sins, I am running it under Windows XP Professional > > > Service Pack 3 Build 2600 with Cygwin 1.5.25(0.156/4/2). I did not > > > compile it myself. > > > Is it the version from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/, > > or from somewhere else? > > I don't remember. It can't be, since that URL provides a native Windows build of Emacs, not a Cygwin build. I'm guessing your Emacs was installed from a Cygwin package. From unknown Sun Jun 22 22:46:40 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator