GNU bug report logs - #15395
24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joe Fineman <joe_f <at> verizon.net>

Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:56:06 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, notabug

Found in version 24.3

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Joe Fineman <joe_f <at> verizon.net>
Cc: 15395 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15395: 24.3; compare-windows missing in 24.3
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:11:06 -0400

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.
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