From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Pettis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Windows7 and .emacs files Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:46:57 -0600 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00163630f90796c467049c0daa35 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1297533761 9344 80.91.229.12 (12 Feb 2011 18:02:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:02:41 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 12 19:02:30 2011 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PoJnc-0003ze-6F for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:02:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59924 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PoJnb-0002RL-9f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:02:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42106 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Po6SD-0005BZ-3o for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:47:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Po6Rn-0004nV-Te for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:47:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qy0-f176.google.com ([209.85.216.176]:42942) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Po6Rn-0004nJ-P2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:46:59 -0500 Original-Received: by qyk10 with SMTP id 10so2434984qyk.0 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:46:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=vnXyFYdpNy6qwM8W8a1yVxsTD66c4fBCVNkCPtMtZA8=; b=IMv3hW935sXyGlDqz6paTWxI3gutkJdiy41CwvWlGeN+zSMuC8/fIXsHHg6Ky+zUcj SUEy0aWuflyBuNZTi56RRnoI9co0aKeV0qZ/FdzM769ZFSamYvMysoeiMU0DD7nJQpbU C/OdZQI8n3r4f6KaiGARKf1wVPbQT9eGeIxIc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=pCdtw071ipnzRZ1qGwMHbduPI+qLoI3FUeM9/eUC5ieBbGZacNH8ySWVP7HnUNxve8 ANtTIWlf0IFG4jBKxt52V/z6AuWABIDviDUEXotn0BFFEBmZGHrca0CKq7NybAQi4xxs wW4aiHhg2eILLNcF9Zyu7R0Qv0+WQr32TFe2k= Original-Received: by 10.229.184.208 with SMTP id cl16mr1199607qcb.216.1297482417357; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:46:57 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.229.25.66 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:46:57 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.216.176 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:01:21 -0500 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:79078 Archived-At: --00163630f90796c467049c0daa35 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, (Trying to make a big push to convert from UltraEdit to Emacs because I've just seen too many people too good with editing in Emacs to not try...) I'm trying to set a HOME .emacs file for GNU Emacs 23.2 on Windows7 64-bit. I'm trying to follow the recommendations in section 3.5 at http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/Installing-Emacs.html . Problems I'm having is: 1. I can't create files in c:\ (I don't know why, it's my work computer so maybe there's a restriction)... 2. I can't make '.emacs' files anywhere because the OS tells me I need a filename (i.e., I can't have a leading '.' in the filename). 3. The registry hives mentioned at the link don't seem to exist in the registry, so I don't know what I can do to set them. I'd appreciate any help. Thank you, Matt --00163630f90796c467049c0daa35 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,

(Trying to make a big push to convert from UltraEdit to= Emacs because I've just seen too many people too good with editing in = Emacs to not try...)

I'm trying to set a HOME = .emacs file for GNU Emacs 23.2 on Windows7 64-bit. =A0I'm trying to fol= low the recommendations in section 3.5 at=A0http://www.gnu.org/software/em= acs/windows/Installing-Emacs.html=A0.

Problems I'm having is:

1.= I can't create files in c:\ (I don't know why, it's my work co= mputer so maybe there's a restriction)...
2. I can't make= '.emacs' files anywhere because the OS tells me I need a filename = (i.e., I can't have a leading '.' in the filename).
3. The registry hives mentioned at the link don't seem to exist in= the registry, so I don't know what I can do to set them.
I'd appreciate any help.

Thank you= ,
Matt
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