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Subject: Emacs doesn't load .emacs
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Hi,

I just started to use emacs. I'm using it on ubuntu. I created a .emacs
file in ~/, but Emacs won't load it. Just for checking I put this text
into the file:

(display-time)

If I load the file manually after startup, the time is displayed in the
status bar, but not before. I already checked if Emacs knows HOME, there
is no problem with that.

Thanks for any help,
Hendrik