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Subject: Re: error: w32-shell-execute is void
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David Hanak <dhanakDONT@isisSEND.vanderbiltME.eduSPAM> writes:

> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, David Fisher <fishboy@SPAMredSPAMpeanutSPAM.com wrote:
> 
> > David Hanak <dhanakDONT@isisSEND.vanderbiltME.eduSPAM> writes:
> >
> >> w32-shell-execute should be built-in a function, not a variable:
> >
> [...]
> >
> > Thanks, I'm using Cygwin.  A post I found searching google
> > sugested the (setq solution and I got it stuck in my head that it
> > was a variable.  I'll just have to dig up a function definition
> > now.
> 
> But its built-in, i.e., it should be defined in the emacs
> executable, and not as a lisp function.
> 
> Have you tried upgrading Gnus?

[...]

Nope, I downloaded the latest 5.10.6 but then noticed it's a beta.
I'm not in a beta testing mood.  I figure I should be able to fake up
something using start-process or shell-execute and explorer.exe.  I
just haven't programed any lisp in 15 years.

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