Re: emacs unable to find diff?

[Reiner Steib]

On Wed, Sep 17 2003, Michael Frandsen wrote:

> I found that when I now try to use diff in NT Emacs, I get the
> message that diff was unable to find the external program diff.
>
> Can anyone answer what has happened to my system?

Exactly what the message says: The external program diff isn't
installed or it cannot be found (probably because it's not in
installed in PATH).  Install it and make sure that PATH [1] contains
the directory where you installed it.

See `M-x getenv RET PATH RET' to see the PATH within Emacs.

Bye, Reiner.

[1] Depending on your Windows version, it might be somewhere near
    "Start / Settings / Control Panel / System / System Properties /
    Advanced / Environment Variables"
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