From: Uday Reddy <uDOTsDOTreddy@cs.bham.ac.uk>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: where is .emacs configuration file
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:23:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ca6190e$0$50445$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5a519b04-e61e-4de5-9872-0bf51e77dba1@k10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>
ccc31807 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Brand new to emacs, but a long gime vi user. Just installed
> GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2010-05-08 on G41R2F1
> Using Windows XP, SP3.
>
> Two questions:
> (1) Where is the emacs configuration file? I have several, and suspect
> that it at C:\Documents and Settings\username\.emacs, but the changes
> I have made in that particular file don't seem to affect the behavior
> of the emacs program.
See FAQ 3.5 here:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/Installing-Emacs.html#Installing-Emacs
> (2) What simple change can I make in the configuration file as a test
> to see if the changes take effect? I tried (print "Hello") but that
> doesn't result in any message when I start emacs.
Put
(setq user "... your name here... ")
in your .emacs. After starting Emacs, go to *scratch* buffer, and type
user^j.
Cheers,
Uday
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2010-10-02 2:41 ` where is .emacs configuration file rustom
2010-10-02 13:21 ` TheFlyingDutchman
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2010-10-01 18:09 ` rustom
2010-10-01 18:37 ` Andreas Politz
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