From: Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Could someone please help me with the Emacs customization file
Date: 17 May 2007 03:42:47 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnf4nna8.inh.tyler.smith@blackbart.mynetwork> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.754.1179371017.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
On 2007-05-17, rmclaug5 <click8875@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> In the installation instructions for a program called VoiceCoder, the
> instructions call for editing a .Emacs customization file. They give the
> lines of code to add to this .Emacs file. I did a search for the .Emacs file
> in my Emacs directory and found nothing. So, I tried to create a text file
> with the prescribed code then I renamed .Emacs and placed it in my Emacs'
> home directory and it is not registering the configuration. What them I
> doing wrong in creating this .Emacs customization file?
>
> Thanks, Ron
The file should be called .emacs , and it should be in _your_ home
directory, not the emacs home directory. With a GNU/Linux system that
usually means /home/ron/.emacs , or whatever your user name is. I'm
not sure where that goes in other operating systems.
HTH,
Tyler
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2007-05-17 3:42 ` Tyler Smith [this message]
2007-05-17 2:55 Could someone please help me with the Emacs customization file rmclaug5
2007-05-17 3:24 ` Kevin Rodgers
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