thanks! I understand that! I have created this configure file . now, can I modify some default key-bindings for emacs by edit them in this file ? if this can not work , how can I do that ? Best Regards! At 2012-09-17 20:48:47,"Óscar Fuentes" wrote: >horse_rivers writes: > >> I have installed emacs by source file , but I can not find its >> config file at ~/ directory . >> >> is there some advices? > >Emacs does not automatically create the .emacs config file (*). It is >not required for running Emacs. If you wish to configure Emacs, just >create the config file yourself. > >* There are operations on Emacs, such as permanent customization changes > with M-x customize, that might create the .emacs file if it doesn't > exists.