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* Where is emacs.local on Emacs for Windows?
@ 2004-11-24 14:37 Nancy Salay
  2004-11-24 15:48 ` Galen Boyer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Nancy Salay @ 2004-11-24 14:37 UTC (permalink / raw)


Hi All,

I just recently downloaded version 21.3 of the Emacs for Windows. It's 
working very well but I haven't been able to customise because I can't find 
the equivalent of the .emacs.local file.  What I would really like to do 
right away is get some colour-coding for comment markers such as semi-colons 
and such.  Anyone know how to do this and what file I need to make the 
changes in?

Thanks in advance,
Nancy. 

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* Re: Where is emacs.local on Emacs for Windows?
  2004-11-24 14:37 Where is emacs.local on Emacs for Windows? Nancy Salay
@ 2004-11-24 15:48 ` Galen Boyer
  2004-11-25  8:55   ` Chris Capel
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Galen Boyer @ 2004-11-24 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, nsalay@cogeco.ca wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I just recently downloaded version 21.3 of the Emacs for
> Windows. It's working very well but I haven't been able to
> customise because I can't find the equivalent of the
> .emacs.local file.  What I would really like to do right away
> is get some colour-coding for comment markers such as
> semi-colons and such.  Anyone know how to do this and what file
> I need to make the changes in?

Just do the following:

C-x C-f ~/.emacs

Now, make your changes.

Now type, C-x C-s

Vhalla, you have a .emacs started.  (ie, ~ stands for HOME).

Now, if you want to know where that is, while in your .emacs do

C-x d RET.

Whatever directory you are sitting in is your HOME.  My guess is
that it is at your root, or c:/

-- 
Galen Boyer

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* Re: Where is emacs.local on Emacs for Windows?
  2004-11-24 15:48 ` Galen Boyer
@ 2004-11-25  8:55   ` Chris Capel
  2004-11-25 12:57     ` Kai Grossjohann
  2004-11-25 16:09     ` Galen Boyer
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Chris Capel @ 2004-11-25  8:55 UTC (permalink / raw)


Galen Boyer wrote:

> Whatever directory you are sitting in is your HOME.  My guess is
> that it is at your root, or c:/
> 

I believe there's a way to customize this to point at a different directory.
I've done that on my copy of windows emacs. I don't remember what the
setting is, though. It might be changing the HOME environment variable to
something else.

Chris Capel

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* Re: Where is emacs.local on Emacs for Windows?
  2004-11-25  8:55   ` Chris Capel
@ 2004-11-25 12:57     ` Kai Grossjohann
  2004-11-25 16:09     ` Galen Boyer
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Kai Grossjohann @ 2004-11-25 12:57 UTC (permalink / raw)


Chris Capel <ch.ris@iba.nktech.net> writes:

> I believe there's a way to customize this to point at a different directory.
> I've done that on my copy of windows emacs. I don't remember what the
> setting is, though. It might be changing the HOME environment variable to
> something else.

Yes, it works by configuring the %HOME% environment variable.

Kai

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* Re: Where is emacs.local on Emacs for Windows?
  2004-11-25  8:55   ` Chris Capel
  2004-11-25 12:57     ` Kai Grossjohann
@ 2004-11-25 16:09     ` Galen Boyer
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Galen Boyer @ 2004-11-25 16:09 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, ch.ris@iba.nktech.net wrote:
> Galen Boyer wrote:
> 
>> Whatever directory you are sitting in is your HOME.  My guess
>> is that it is at your root, or c:/
>> 
> 
> I believe there's a way to customize this to point at a
> different directory.  I've done that on my copy of windows
> emacs. I don't remember what the setting is, though. It might
> be changing the HOME environment variable to something else.

Yes.  The HOME variable will work.  I just didn't get the sense
that the OP was ready for something to confuse him.  Baby steps
for every newbie.  Worked for me at least.

-- 
Galen Boyer

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