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From: maierh@myself.com
Subject: Re: Why do I have to explicitly set to avoid error on save customizations?
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 07:24:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <upttlj1ii.fsf@myself.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 55268317.0211010940.25ca1944@posting.google.com


ChristopherBalz@yahoo.com (Christopher Balz) writes:

> Running: Gnu Emacs version 21.2.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.0.2195) 
> (i.e., on Win2000)
>
> I figure that I must not be starting up Emacs in the most graceful way
> possible, since I must explicitly set the 'user-init-file' variable in
> order to be able to "save for future sessions" in the Emacs
> Customizations user interface.
>
> Below please find: 
>        A) Relevant Code Snippets from .emacs
>        B) Entire .emacs file.
>
> Looking forward to your suggestions.  Thank you in advance and Long
> Live Emacs.

Try to set the HOME environment variable under

   Current Settings - System - Advanced

Then emacs will find the file ~/.emacs.

Harald

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-11-04  6:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-01 17:40 Why do I have to explicitly set to avoid error on save customizations? Christopher Balz
2002-11-02 16:04 ` bison indent and font-lock style Konstantin Melnikov
2002-11-04  6:24 ` maierh [this message]
2002-11-05 16:35   ` Why do I have to explicitly set to avoid error on save customizations? Christopher Balz

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