> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:19:55 -0500 > From: "Buchs, Kevin" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > > Thanks for the reply. Actually, M-x shell runs a "DOS" shell. And my > PATH environment variable is set to include the Cygwin bin directory, > with that entry at the end of the PATH list. Thus the "DOS" shell > started from Emacs or started independently both find cygwin diff.
Please show your value of PATH and of exec-path. I'm guessing that exec-path is different from PATH. Also, does the same problem happen when you invoke Emacs as "emacs -Q"? And what was the exact wording of the error message printed when you tried invoking Ediff?
