From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michel Chassey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Windows7 and .emacs files Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:03:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <30911188.post@talk.nabble.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1297544624 27789 80.91.229.12 (12 Feb 2011 21:03:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:03:44 +0000 (UTC) To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 12 22:03:39 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PoMd0-0006wa-Tf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:03:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37842 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PoMcz-00059I-Gg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:03:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58781 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PoMcW-00055j-2b for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:03:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PoMcU-0007i8-CB for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:03:08 -0500 Original-Received: from sam.nabble.com ([216.139.236.26]:56256) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PoMcU-0007hl-5U for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:03:06 -0500 Original-Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by sam.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PoMcT-0006Hi-1i for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:03:05 -0800 In-Reply-To: X-Nabble-From: mycuser@gmail.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 216.139.236.26 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:79085 Archived-At: Hello, Correct me if I'm wrong but can't emacs just as well accept a _emacs file ( underline char instead of a dot ) and then Windows will leave you alone with the file name ? see sections 1 and 2 of your question Also setting an environement variable called HOME = c:\path\to\my\preferred\etc. in My Computer system will enable emacs to find it just about anywhere on C: ? This is probably in some FAQ. Hope this helps, Michel Chassey mpettis wrote: > > Hi, > > [SNIP] > I'm trying to set a HOME .emacs file for GNU Emacs 23.2 on Windows7 > 64-bit. > I'm trying to follow the recommendations in section 3.5 at > http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/Installing-Emacs.html . > > Problems I'm having is: > > 1. I can't create files in c:\ (I don't know why, it's my work computer so > maybe there's a restriction)... > 2. I can't make '.emacs' files anywhere because the OS tells me I need a > filename (i.e., I can't have a leading '.' in the filename). > 3. The registry hives mentioned at the link don't seem to exist in the > registry, so I don't know what I can do to set them. > > I'd appreciate any help. > > Thank you, > Matt > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Windows7-and-.emacs-files-tp30910309p30911188.html Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.