================================================================ Dear Bug Team! It is a bit complex to reproduce this: 1) you have to use a native widnows build. 2) (setq directory-sep-char ?/) in your init.el 3) make gzip avaiable avaiable in your path 4) have gziped info manual in your info dir (I have cygwin ones). 5) try view a info node inside the gziped manual. you will got an error of no such info node error, further edebug show that it was because the #'call-process-internal got an "the syntax of the command is not correct" error[1], and result an empty *info* buffer. remove/comment-out the (setq directory-sep-char ?/) in init.el will resolve this error. But it will cause the eshell path completation complete an extra ?\ character[2]. when you type enter after that ?\ character, you'll got an directory not found error. The ?\ in eshell-mode has specical meaning!!! Is there an error less value for the directory-sep-char in XEmacs world? Thanks, FKtPp ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- OS version: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] OS: Windows_NT XEmacs 21.5-b28 "fuki" configured for `i586-pc-win32'. Building XEmacs using "nmake". Building XEmacs using make flags " ". Building XEmacs in source tree "c:\\XEmacsBuild\\xemacs-21.5-2008-05-19". For src, using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -DSTRICT -Zi -Od -MD -c -TP -Ic:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5-2008-05-19\nt\inc -Ic:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5-2008-05-19\src -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src\xpm-3.4k" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src\xpm-3.4k\lib" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src\libpng-1.2.8" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src/zlib" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src/tiff-3.7.3\libtiff" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src\jpeg-6b" -I"e:/cygwin/usr/local/src/zlib" -DHAVE_MS_WINDOWS -DHAVE_MENUBARS -DHAVE_SCROLLBARS -DHAVE_TOOLBARS -DHAVE_WIDGETS -DHAVE_DIALOGS -DHAVE_XPM -DFOR_MSW -DHAVE_GIF -DHAVE_PNG -DHAVE_TIFF -DHAVE_JPEG -DHAVE_ZLIB -DHAVE_NATIVE_SOUND -DMULE -DERROR_CHECK_ALL -DPDUMP -DUSE_KKCC -DSYSTEM_MALLOC -DDEBUG_XEMACS -D_DEBUG -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DWIN32_NATIVE -Demacs -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DPATH_VERSION=\"21.5-b28\" -DPATH_PROGNAME=\"xemacs\" -DEMACS_VERSION=\"21.5-b28\" -DEMACS_PROGNAME=\"xemacs\" -DSHEBANG_PROGNAME=\"xemacs-script\" -DSTACK_TRACE_EYE_CATCHER=xemacs_21_5_b28_i586_pc_win32 -DPATH_PREFIX=\""c:/XEmacsBuild/installed/2008-05-19/XEmacs-21.5-b28"\" -DEMACS_MAJOR_VERSION=21 -DEMACS_MINOR_VERSION=5 -DEMACS_BETA_VERSION=28 -DXEMACS_CODENAME=\""fuki"\" -DXEMACS_EXTRA_NAME=\"""\" -DEMACS_CONFIGURATION=\"i586-pc-win32\"". For lib-src, using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -DSTRICT -Zi -Od -MD -Ic:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5-2008-05-19\lib-src -Ic:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5-2008-05-19\src -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DWIN32_NATIVE". Compiling as C++. Installing XEmacs in "c:/XEmacsBuild/installed/2008-05-19/XEmacs-21.5-b28". Compiling in support for Microsoft Windows native GUI. Compiling in international (MULE) support. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for GIF images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for GZIP compression/decompression. Compiling in support for toolbars. Compiling in support for dialogs. Compiling in support for widgets. Compiling in support for native sounds. Using portable dumper. Using system malloc. Using DLL version of C runtime library. Compiling in extra internal error-checking. NOTE: --------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Compiling in support for runtime error-checking. NOTE: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result. NOTE: Error-checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases. NOTE: --------------------------------------------------------- Compiling in debugging support (no slowdown). Using new experimental GC mark algorithms. Load-Path Lisp Shadows: ---------------------- (d:\Profiles\KAIFA\.xemacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\xemacs-base\regexp-opt d:\usr\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.5-b28\lisp\regexp-opt d:\Profiles\KAIFA\.xemacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\xemacs-base\easy-mmode d:\usr\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.5-b28\lisp\easy-mmode) Internationalization Settings: ------------------------- Environment: Value of LC_ALL : nil Value of LC_COLLATE : nil Value of LC_CTYPE : nil Value of LC_MESSAGES : nil Value of LC_MONETARY : nil Value of LC_NUMERIC : nil Value of LC_TIME : nil Value of LANG : nil Lisp locale settings: current-language-environment => "English" default-buffer-file-coding-system => mswindows-multibyte-dos default-process-coding-system => (undecided . mswindows-multibyte-system-default) (current-locale) => "English_United States.1252" keyboard-coding-system => mswindows-multibyte-system-default terminal-coding-system => mswindows-multibyte-system-default (coding-priority-list) => (iso-8-1 utf-16-little-endian-bom utf-16-bom utf-8-bom iso-7 no-conversion utf-8 iso-8-2 iso-8-designate iso-lock-shift shift-jis big5 utf-16-little-endian utf-16 ucs-4) Coding system aliases: 'native is aliased to mswindows-multibyte-system-default-dos 'file-name is aliased to native 'mswindows-multibyte-system-default is not a coding system alias Installed XEmacs Packages: ------------------------- (xemacs-devel ver: 1.78 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (xemacs-base ver: 2.17 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (vc ver: 1.45 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (tramp ver: 1.4 upstream: 2.0.56) (time ver: 1.14 upstream: 1.17) (text-modes ver: 1.95 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (texinfo ver: 1.3 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (supercite ver: 1.21 upstream: 3.55x3) (sounds-wav ver: 1.12 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (sh-script ver: 1.24 upstream: 2.0f) (semantic ver: 1.2 upstream: 1.4.4) (ruby-modes ver: 1.02 upstream: 1.6.8) (python-modes ver: 1.1 upstream: 426) (psgml ver: 1.45 upstream: 1.3.2) (prog-modes ver: 2.16 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (perl-modes ver: 1.14 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (pcomplete ver: 1.04 upstream: 1.1.6) (pcl-cvs ver: 1.68 upstream: R-2_9_9) (pc ver: 1.28 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (os-utils ver: 1.4 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (net-utils ver: 1.56 upstream: N/A) (mailcrypt ver: 2.14 upstream: 3.5.8) (mail-lib ver: 1.79 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (ispell ver: 1.32 upstream: 3.6) (ibuffer ver: 1.09 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (gnus ver: 1.93 upstream: 5.10.8) (fsf-compat ver: 1.17 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (footnote ver: 1.16 upstream: 0.18x) (eterm ver: 1.17 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (eshell ver: 1.12 upstream: 2.4.1) (elib ver: 1.13 upstream: 1.0) (efs ver: 1.34 upstream: 1.24) (edit-utils ver: 2.4 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (edebug ver: 1.22 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (ecrypto ver: 0.2 upstream: 2.0) (easypg ver: 1.02 upstream: 0.0.16) (dired ver: 1.19 upstream: 7.16) (debug ver: 1.18 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (cc-mode ver: 1.45 upstream: 5.30.10) (calendar ver: 1.36 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (calc ver: 1.26 upstream: 2.02fX3) (c-support ver: 1.22 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (bbdb ver: 1.32 upstream: 2.35) Features: -------- (mail-abbrevs iswitchb pcmpl-unix pcomplete em-unix term ehelp electric em-term em-script em-prompt em-ls em-pred em-hist em-glob em-dirs em-cmpl esh-opt em-basic em-banner em-alias ring esh-var esh-io esh-ext esh-proc esh-arg esh-cmd esh-module esh-mode pp esh-util eshell xemacsbug shadow sendmail rfc822 autoinsert efs-cu info dired-faces dired-xemacs dired lazy-shot font-lock vc-hooks vc-xemacs paren mic-paren timer cus-face icomplete jka-compr xemacs-devel-autoloads xemacs-base-autoloads vc-autoloads tramp-autoloads time-autoloads text-modes-autoloads texinfo-autoloads supercite-autoloads sounds-wav-autoloads sh-script-autoloads semantic-autoloads ruby-modes-autoloads python-modes-autoloads psgml-autoloads prog-modes-autoloads perl-modes-autoloads pcomplete-autoloads pcl-cvs-autoloads pc-autoloads os-utils-autoloads net-utils-autoloads mailcrypt-autoloads mail-lib-autoloads ispell-autoloads ibuffer-autoloads gnus-autoloads fsf-compat-autoloads footnote-autoloads eterm-autoloads eshell-autoloads elib-autoloads efs-autoloads edit-utils-autoloads edebug-autoloads ecrypto-autoloads easypg-autoloads dired-autoloads debug-autoloads cc-mode-autoloads calendar-autoloads calc-autoloads c-support-autoloads bbdb-autoloads mule-autoloads auto-autoloads auto-show fontl-hooks canna-leim tibetan slovenian czech romanian lao devanagari indian cyrillic code-cmds gutter-items menubar-items x-menubar dragdrop mode-motion mouse behavior itimer auto-save lisp-mode easymenu easy-mmode iso8859-1 page buff-menu lib-complete loadhist cus-file derived newcomment rsz-minibuf env text-props frame obsolete cus-start custom widget cl-extra cl cl-19 packages backquote unicode mswindows-scrollbars mswindows toolbar native-sound scrollbar network-streams subprocesses menu-accelerator-support menubar md5 xemacs mule gutter tiff png gif jpeg xpm xbm lisp-float-type file-coding dde windows-nt dragdrop-api dialog devices window-system base64) Recent keystrokes: ----------------- RET c d SPC . . RET l s RET c d SPC x e m TAB BS RET l s RET c d SPC x e m TAB TAB TAB BS BS BS . . RET l s RET c d SPC x e m TAB TAB TAB TAB TAB TAB TAB TAB TAB TAB BS BS BS TAB BS M-BS M-BS M-BS e x i t RET C-x b C-g M-x x e m TAB M-BS r e p o s r TAB BS BS t TAB BS r t TAB s BS x e m TAB RET Recent messages (most recent first): ----------------------------------- Quit Zap to char: Quit Loading iswitchb...done Loading iswitchb... No completions No completions No completions No completions No completions No completions No completions No completions No completions of xem No completions of xem No completions of xem No completions No completions No completions Loading pcmpl-unix...done Footnotes: [1] I use native windows build instead of the cygwin XEmacs, so there's no bash but the cmd.exe interprator. [2] which in unix environment, should be a ?/ character _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta