From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Hanchrow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: .emacs file missing with emacsW32 (?) Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:35:50 -0700 Message-ID: <87642soleh.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> References: <46DAE38C.2050602@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188765526 8582 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2007 20:38:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:38:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 02 22:38:44 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IRwDR-0001eF-8K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:38:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IRwDQ-0006mC-14 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:38:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IRwDC-0006lz-7A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IRwD9-0006ln-Ob for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:38:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IRwD9-0006lk-J1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:38:23 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IRwD9-0003k2-5m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:38:23 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IRwCz-0005M1-E4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:38:13 +0200 Original-Received: from q-static-138-125.avvanta.com ([206.124.138.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:38:13 +0200 Original-Received: from offby1 by q-static-138-125.avvanta.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:38:13 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 14 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: q-static-138-125.avvanta.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FJ9CfCRHXuIWi4qHW8S5CQiLA6Q= X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47113 Archived-At: >>>>> "Quin" == Quin Wills writes: Quin> Had a look about for help and in the FAQs but am not Quin> spotting anything useful. Where is my .emacs file? Yikes, Quin> sorry to be so dumb. Thanks in advance. I think the default location has changed in Emacs 22. Read (info "(emacs)Windows HOME"); the executive summary is: type C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET, and that will show you the location that Emacs expects. If that file doesn't exist, populate it. -- Keaton, Chaplin, Garbo - let them now make room for Gromit. A. O. Scott, in The New York Times