Re: [h-e-w] Ediff in Emacs

[Stephen Leake]

Silqun Leung <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>     I am new to Emacs and wish to use the powerful ediff tool found in
> Emacs.  I recently installed GNU Emacs 21.2.1(i386-msvc-nt5.1.2600) and am
> having problems with Ediff.  When I try and put (require 'ediff) into my
> ..emacs file it says it can't find the "diff" file or folder at startup.  

Emacs expects an external 'diff' program; it does not provide it's
own. The easiest way to get one on Windows is to install Cygwin.

> The same problem happens when I try and run from the GUI, 

What GUI?

> however if I run setup once it works fine. The real concern occurs
> when I try and compare files; it complains about
> ediff-setup-diff-region not being defined. Where/how/what do I
> define this so that I can use ediff?

Install Cygwin, and put it in your path.

> 
>  
> Thank you, Silqun

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