From: Timur Aydin <tayd@bicom-inc.com>
Subject: Re: GNU Emacs under Windows 2000: .emacs file
Date: 12 Dec 2002 19:25:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u7kefkv3b.fsf@bicom-inc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: uwumf9sub.fsf@standardandpoors.com
Galen Boyer <galenboyer@hotpop.com> writes:
> On 12 Dec 2002, jaime.suarez@crossmatch.net wrote:
> > I installed the Win2K version of GNU Emacs and
> > it runs fine. However I cannot find the file
> > .emacs or _emacs. Where is this file supposed
> > to be? Do I have to create it?
>
> Type C-x C-f ~/.emacs
>
> You are now in that file. (The point is that Emacs either finds
> a file that exists or makes a buffer that, when saved, will be
> that file)
>
> > In Windows 2000, what is the equivalent of
> > the UNIX "Home" directory?
>
> The HOME environmental variable.
>
I don't know about the HOME environment variable, but on my system I
have HOMEDRIVE=C: and HOMEPATH=\cygwin\home\tayd.
The .emacs file is in c:\cygwin\home\tayd
--
Timur.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-12 17:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-12 14:20 GNU Emacs under Windows 2000: .emacs file jaime suarez
2002-12-12 15:12 ` Galen Boyer
2002-12-12 15:35 ` Chris McMahan
2002-12-12 17:25 ` Timur Aydin [this message]
2002-12-12 16:39 ` Bijan Soleymani
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