From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Timur Aydin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: GNU Emacs under Windows 2000: .emacs file Date: 12 Dec 2002 19:25:44 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039714068 5055 80.91.224.249 (12 Dec 2002 17:27:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:27:48 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18MX7i-0001JL-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:27:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MX5X-00009Y-09 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:25:31 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!yellow.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!feed3.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp3.aus1.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:22:35 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Trace: sv3-KtOQV74OVgI/m7hrZ+vmYE4I0DxTxeD4zlC3X09+frSbk6y3TS0QAqdcdHyoqgYTPoJ1V2389EJJVeY!tTnm/0oMsMHnpIWU5hzRQZmtVn2Xb72YOyf3qedEigiiFtBdP6qV Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108042 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4573 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4573 Galen Boyer 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.