From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Galen Boyer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Where is emacs.local on Emacs for Windows? Date: 25 Nov 2004 10:09:29 -0600 Message-ID: References: <10qb7fdr064ff0b@corp.supernews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101399056 20371 80.91.229.6 (25 Nov 2004 16:10:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:10:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 25 17:10:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CXMCo-0007eg-00 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:10:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CXMM1-0000d1-EU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:20:21 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!tdsnet-transit!newspeer.tds.net!diablo.voicenet.com!63.223.6.99.MISMATCH!c03.atl99.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!newscene!novia!novia!sequencer.newscene.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 Original-Sender: galenboyer@hotpop.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:126913 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22314 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22314 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