From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Pettis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Windows7 and .emacs files Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:20:57 -0600 Message-ID: References: <86zkq1osbx.fsf@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e645ba2e46f168049c1fbec4 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1297609210 12159 80.91.229.12 (13 Feb 2011 15:00:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:00:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Vagn Johansen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 13 16:00:05 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 1PodP9-0003Cz-FS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:00:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54623 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PodP2-00068y-SJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:58:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39498 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PoQe3-0003lG-A0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:21:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PoQe2-0007oX-2H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:20:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.216.41]:47642) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PoQe1-0007oP-Rm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:20:57 -0500 Original-Received: by qwa26 with SMTP id 26so2320791qwa.0 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:20:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=uKO+xBWtdYiMkV1Ii2yq9tnUd3fzgao32bAAUjS59vs=; b=ta/9ph7+id68t7x4JPpt2cv/QGb3/E9rbfrgt2k/iL2gw2vRuHBJ94bty7Eyl1BQa6 cbx8Q6qXT7UIWXP43GQv4msBUVEv+l9k215+qsSWgBZRlCoR7/aQRxSzI/t15td3ArBJ pnEuveo1EPkerSjdRw63D9OL0TeaortBdcLbo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=qZsdReS8dMiM0NV4ITKb5QVCMJFRtFTD6JIZ2Uie7haF5S7iXZWA6aNv58d4lyEBkX ylTPr9Fk+Wch4KFpoT98CHVGu5RwQywiI224e+F8WaFHsY2CjWpnbFBypnhySqKlpQL8 Ddx6opAWzTErsKaEtPScgUyDB8HlQmWCYv0QI= Original-Received: by 10.229.225.18 with SMTP id iq18mr1795020qcb.26.1297560057081; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:20:57 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.229.25.66 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:20:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <86zkq1osbx.fsf@hotmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.216.41 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:53:57 -0500 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:79102 Archived-At: --0016e645ba2e46f168049c1fbec4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thank you all for your help! I did the C-x X-f ~/.emacs, and it worked! Thanks again, Matt On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Vagn Johansen wrote: > Michel Chassey writes: > > > 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: ? > > After setting HOME you can load .emacs via > > C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET > > Note the ~ which represents "home" > > -- > Vagn Johansen > -- Seven Deadly Sins (Gandhi): - Wealth without work - Politics without principle - Pleasure without conscience - Commerce without morality - Science without humanity - Worship without sacrifice - Knowledge without character --0016e645ba2e46f168049c1fbec4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you all for your help! =A0I did the C-x X-f ~/.emacs, and it worked!<= div>
Thanks again,
Matt

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Vagn Johansen <= ;gonz808@hotmail.com> = wrote:
Michel Chassey <mycuser@gmail.com> writes:

> Also setting an environement variable called HOME =A0 =3D
> c:\path\to\my\preferred\etc. in My Computer system will enable emacs t= o find
> it just about anywhere on C: =A0?

After setting HOME you can load .emacs via

=A0C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET

Note the ~ which represents "home"

--
Vagn Johansen



--
Seven Deadly Sins (G= andhi):
= =A0=A0- Wealth without work =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - Politics without prin= ciple
=A0=A0- Pleasure witho= ut conscience =A0 =A0 - Commerce without morality=A0
=A0=A0- Science without humanity= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- Worship without sacrifice=A0
=A0=A0- Knowledge with= out character


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