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From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: .emacs file in windows XP
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:51:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dqjecb$3to$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY112-F15C513742EB970C2FF69CBDA1A0@phx.gbl>

Herbert Euler wrote:
>> From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
>> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>> Subject: Re: .emacs file in windows XP
>> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:32:52 -0700
>>
>> One can find out where Emacs is looking for that file with:
>> M-: (expand-file-name "~/.emacs") 
> 
> So one can also find out which directory is home by typing
> C-x d ~ RET, and the first line will show the whole name.

Here's another way to do that:
M-: (file-truename (expand-file-name "~"))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-17 18:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-16  8:06 .emacs file in windows XP Herbert Euler
2006-01-16 18:32 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-01-17  1:33   ` Herbert Euler
2006-01-17 18:51     ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
     [not found]     ` <mailman.1485.1137524171.26925.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-01-22 17:25       ` Andrew Baine
2006-01-23 13:39         ` Senthil
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-01-16 22:20 Rancier, Jeff
2006-01-16  7:56 Senthil

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