From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gebser@speakeasy.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: HOME directory on W98 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:21:30 -0400 (EDT) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: gebser@speakeasy.net NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088684655 6416 80.91.224.253 (1 Jul 2004 12:24:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:24:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: GNU Emacs List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 01 14:24:08 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bg0bn-0005Fn-00 for ; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 14:24:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bg0dY-0004uy-Ru for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:25:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bg0d6-0004tM-3e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:25:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bg0d3-0004rM-UI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:25:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bg0d3-0004rA-M2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:25:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [216.254.0.201] (helo=mail1.speakeasy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1Bg0aM-0002iQ-6M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 08:22:38 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 12932 invoked from network); 1 Jul 2004 12:22:37 -0000 Original-Received: from dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO heidegger.mousecar.net) ([66.93.11.17]) (envelope-sender ) by mail1.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 1 Jul 2004 12:22:36 -0000 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19406 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19406 David, Thanks for pointing that out. I meant to say Windows XP. The mind, they say, is the second thing to go.... ken At 05:50 (UTC-0000) on Thu, 1 Jul 2004 David Vanderschel said: = Ken's post does not make much sense to me. It is hardly surprising = that Windows does not know where your HOME directory is until you have = specified a value for the HOME environment variable. For Windows 98, = that is normally done in autoexec.bat. What Ken is talking about = sounds to me more like what you have to do in NT (etc.) in the absence = of an autoexec.bat file. = = Regards, = David V. = = wrote in message = news:mailman.2832.1088611017.1953.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... = > = > If you're installing emacs on a W98 machine and want to have a .emacs = > file, you need a place to put it where emacs will find it. You need a = > HOME directory. But W98 doesn't have any HOME environmental variable. = > But it's easy to create. Go to: = > = > Start | Control Panel | Classic Menus | System | Advanced | = > Environmental Variables = > = > This opens a window where you can click on "New" to create either a User = > variable or a System variable. Your choice. = > = > Being that it's Windows, of course you have to reboot. = > = > = > hth, = > ken = > = > = > = > = = = _______________________________________________ = Help-gnu-emacs mailing list = Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org = http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs =