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I'm using Emacs in terminal mode. I am not getting any error, what I am getting is just a warning, the following functions are not known to be defined: x-display-pixel-width, x-display-pixel-height, x-show-tip.

I am using emacs-nox but I am doing it in WSL (Windows linux subsytem) my init.el and myInit.org give not errors using emacs in ubuntu, but I was forced to change to windows because of my supervisor I already tried emacs in windows and I am facing problems with some packages like Aspell therefore I decied to use the WSL but i am getting such previous mentioned warning.

What is that? I know I can ignore it, but is there any reason of the warning?

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See update at the end of this answer. I edited your question to state the most important bit of info, based on your adding tag terminal-emacs to it: You're using Emacs in terminal mode.

  1. You can likely ignore those warnings.

  2. However, you should not see those warnings on MS Windows, I believe.

  3. What happens if you do C-h f x-display-pixel-width? On MS Windows, Emacs 27.2 (the latest release), started with emacs -Q, I see the function described fine.

Your question is incomplete. What Emacs version are you using? Where/when do you see those warnings? I assume it's when you byte-compile some file (those are byte-compiler warnings), but please specify (provide a recipe to reproduce).

Do you see those warnings if you start Emacs on MS Windows using emacs -Q (no init file)? If not, bisect your init file to find the culprit.

Oops. I see now, from a tag you used, that you're using Emacs in terminal mode. There is no support for pixel-granular functions in terminal mode. That's your answer. The library you byte-compiled likely won't be able to support some pixel-relevant behavior. (It may be able to do other things, however.)

See the Emacs manual, node Glossary, entry Text Terminal:

A text terminal, or character terminal, is a display that is limited to displaying text in character units. Such a terminal cannot control individual pixels it displays. Emacs supports a subset of display features on text terminals.

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  • @NickD Thank you for your reply look i am using `emacs 26.3` i installed using `emacs-nox`. Yes those warnings appear only when i compiled my `init.el` and `myInit.org` files for the first time . However, if i start `emacs-nox` with no file, lets say a `scratch` file, those warnings no longer appear, those warnings are `Warning (bytecomp)`. As i mentioned before i am using in terminal in other words (NO GUI). Therefore, those warnings can be neglected right?. EDIT: Thanks @Drew – baezacaljo Jan 24 '22 at 17:18
  • Correction: @Drew answered your question, not me: I just fixed a typo. – NickD Jan 24 '22 at 17:20
  • One more thing, i loaded `counsel` using the next line `(use-package counsel)`. Also everything goes right, but also another warning appear, `Warning (bytecomp): Unused lexical variable ‘tramp-archive-enabled'`. Also this warning can be neglected right?. – baezacaljo Jan 24 '22 at 17:21
  • Please don't pose additional questions in comments. Post a separate question for it. Thx. – Drew Jan 24 '22 at 17:29
  • @Drew Thank you very much, you are totally right. Was my fault. i must not do that. By the way ill this one, as solved. – baezacaljo Jan 24 '22 at 17:32
  • No problem. Please do pose a separate question, if you'd like answers. – Drew Jan 24 '22 at 18:19