Could someone please help me with the Emacs customization file

Could someone please help me with the Emacs customization file

[rmclaug5]

In the  installation instructions for a program called VoiceCoder, the
instructions call for  editing a .Emacs customization file.  They give the
lines of code to add to this .Emacs file. I did a search for the .Emacs file
in my Emacs directory and found nothing.  So, I tried to create a text file
with the prescribed code then I renamed .Emacs and placed it in my  Emacs'
home directory and it is not registering the configuration. What them I
doing wrong in creating this .Emacs customization file?  

Thanks, Ron
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Re: Could someone please help me with the Emacs customization file

[Kevin Rodgers]

rmclaug5 wrote:
> In the  installation instructions for a program called VoiceCoder, the
> instructions call for  editing a .Emacs customization file.  They give the
> lines of code to add to this .Emacs file. I did a search for the .Emacs file
> in my Emacs directory and found nothing.  So, I tried to create a text file
> with the prescribed code then I renamed .Emacs and placed it in my  Emacs'
> home directory and it is not registering the configuration. What them I
> doing wrong in creating this .Emacs customization file?  

C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Re: Could someone please help me with the Emacs customization file

[Tyler Smith]

On 2007-05-17, rmclaug5 <click8875@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> In the  installation instructions for a program called VoiceCoder, the
> instructions call for  editing a .Emacs customization file.  They give the
> lines of code to add to this .Emacs file. I did a search for the .Emacs file
> in my Emacs directory and found nothing.  So, I tried to create a text file
> with the prescribed code then I renamed .Emacs and placed it in my  Emacs'
> home directory and it is not registering the configuration. What them I
> doing wrong in creating this .Emacs customization file?  
>
> Thanks, Ron

The file should be called .emacs , and it should be in _your_ home
directory, not the emacs home directory. With a GNU/Linux system that
usually means /home/ron/.emacs  , or whatever your user name is. I'm
not sure where that goes in other operating systems.

HTH,

Tyler