From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: smits.gerard.j@gmail.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Unable to have emacs load my .emacs file (version 24.5.1 on Windows 7) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:16:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <3172bfe2-d1b5-43d8-8b61-0820768d6e4a@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1451521223 16509 80.91.229.3 (31 Dec 2015 00:20:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:20:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 31 01:20:23 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aEQyc-0005N9-Op for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:20:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54181 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aEQyY-00011C-Fj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:20:18 -0500 X-Received: by 10.182.43.233 with SMTP id z9mr19116595obl.38.1451520994835; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:16:34 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.50.97.37 with SMTP id dx5mr759522igb.8.1451520994777; Wed, 30 Dec 2015 16:16:34 -0800 (PST) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!mv3no23425067igc.0!news-out.google.com!f6ni38504igq.0!nntp.google.com!mv3no16619220igc.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=98.171.169.190; posting-account=fY4jQAoAAACy54n1JaixCQ7FZ0Z8tkbc Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 98.171.169.190 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:16:34 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:216246 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:108536 Archived-At: > > Put your .emacs in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming > > if you happen to be Administator, otherwise substitute your User-name > for Administrator. This is where Emacs thinks your home directory is. > > Ed Ed, I'm running in Windows 7. when I evaluate (getenv "home"), it gives me "z:/" That is my root/home, so would not my .emacs be expected to be there? I currently have it there. Thanks, Gerard