Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 17:19:12 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: jaxonjr AT my-deja DOT com (jaxonjr)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 22 Dec 2000 13:55:29 GMT
> 
> I have the following in my _emacs, under the section 'custom-set-variables':
> '(browse-url-browser-function (quote browse-url-default-windows-browser))
> But when I try the command 'browse-url-of-buffer' or any other url command,
> I get the message 'Symbol's function definition is void: w32-shell-execute'.
> 
> Does the djgpp version of emacs not suuport this, or am I just screwing 
> things up?

As its name indicates, w32-shell-execute is a function specific to the
native Windows port of Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs).  It calls into the
Win32 API, which is inaccessible for DJGPP programs.

It is possible that, in this particular case, you can get away by
writing a browse-url-browser-function which launches a browser via
START.EXE (if I understand correctly what browse-url-browser-function
is for).

> I'm also having problems with gnus.

Gnus requires either built-in network support or a capability to
launch asynchronous processes, neither of which is supported in the
DJGPP port of Emacs.  If you really want to use Gnus on Windows,
install NTEmacs (binaries are available from ftp.gnu.org).