From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: rmborchers@orange.nl, "Borchers References: <665eb87a0807052218sb39df6fqe235112e8b4175a9@mail.gmail.com> <665eb87a0807060808r1c60676cs97d22ff40eca95cd@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215365465 18478 80.91.229.12 (6 Jul 2008 17:31:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:31:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: black Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 06 19:31:49 2008 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 4.50) id 1KFY5U-0003D2-Bk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:31:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56341 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KFY4d-0004VX-59 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:30:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KFY4L-0004V6-5i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:30:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KFY4K-0004Uj-4C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:30:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60104 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KFY4J-0004Ug-Sj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:30:35 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-2.orange.nl ([193.252.22.242]:13700) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KFY4J-0000h1-DG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:30:35 -0400 Original-Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf6107.online.nl (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 9D58F7000091; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:30:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from laptop.lan (s55919593.adsl.wanadoo.nl [85.145.149.147]) by mwinf6107.online.nl (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 540987000083; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:30:31 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20080706173031344.540987000083@mwinf6107.online.nl Original-Received: by laptop.lan (Postfix, from userid 501) id 08A4A94C70; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:32:25 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <665eb87a0807060808r1c60676cs97d22ff40eca95cd@mail.gmail.com> (black's message of "Sun\, 6 Jul 2008 23\:08\:24 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:55276 Archived-At: You should give windows find a try at _emacs 3.5 Where do I put my init file? On Windows, the .emacs file may be called _emacs for backward compatibility with DOS and FAT filesystems where filenames could not start with a dot. Some users prefer to continue using such a name, because Explorer cannot create a file with a name starting with a dot, even though the filesystem and most other programs can handle it. In Emacs 22 and later, the init file may also be called .emacs.d/init.el. Many of the other files that are created by lisp packages are now stored in the .emacs.d directory too, so this keeps all your Emacs related files in one place. All the files mentioned above should go in your HOME directory. The HOME directory is determined by following the steps below: 1. If the environment variable HOME is set, use the directory it indicates. 2. If the registry entry HKCU\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs\HOME is set, use the directory it indicates. 3. If the registry entry HKLM\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs\HOME is set, use the directory it indicates. Not recommended, as it results in users sharing the same HOME directory. 4. If C:\.emacs exists, then use C:/. This is for backward compatibility, as previous versions defaulted to C:/ if HOME was not set. 5. Use the user's AppData directory, usually a directory called Application Data under the user's profile directory, the location of which varies according to Windows version and whether the computer is part of a domain. Within Emacs, <~> at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your HOME directory, so you can always find your .emacs file with C-x C-f ~/.emacs. -- \\\ (0 0) --------------------------o0o(_)o0o------------------------- Registered Linux User No.291649 http://www.linux-counter.org Registered LFS user No.16792 http://www.linuxfromscratch.org Uptime : 19:25:41 up 12:08, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.20, 0.26 Kernel : Linux 2.6.18.8.tex5 #1 SMP Thu May 10 11:36:58 WST 2007 Processor: model name : AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-30 web: http://rene-borchers.homelinux.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The surest protection against temptation is cowardice. -- Mark Twain