From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lowell Gilbert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Please help with location of .emacs file and .emacs.d folder location Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:28:38 -0500 Message-ID: <44vdhj49k9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257806454 17745 80.91.229.12 (9 Nov 2009 22:40:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:40:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 09 23:40:47 2009 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 4.50) id 1N7cuj-0000QW-Ia for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:40:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34825 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N7cui-0001sx-T5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:40:45 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:28:38 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vUaeeTJpXYZsX2Qm2syfIRNY6Gs= Original-Lines: 14 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.92.78.145 Original-X-Trace: sv3-JL5s+Q2lgGU1BaiF56JIcds3b3szPiXP4idxYWCcXaikit2huTFnosXNsOexvvdchcLLbLMr0u3ehnT!QYJe1gCzn7UzABoBRMAor3YsorwKCc0DUS6etFfG+wtxByZZasXYskWTKfGmytTgjGg8ByrL00Mb!HlCjm9cm7Q== 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: 1.3.40 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:174566 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:69640 Archived-At: patrol writes: > I'm new to emacs, and my operating system is Win XP. I want to install > a bundle, but I'm getting stuck in terms of creating an .emacs file > and .emacs.d folder. They don't seem to exist after the install, and > I'm not sure where to put them myself. I've had a look at the Windows > FAQ section under "Where do I put my init file" and tried the steps as > suggested: Try the last suggestion in that section, which you didn't quote, but is as follows: Within Emacs, <~> at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your HOME directory, so you can always find your .emacs file with C-x C-f ~/.emacs.