From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tyler Smith Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Could someone please help me with the Emacs customization file Date: 17 May 2007 03:42:47 GMT Organization: Sedgeboy Inc. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179376343 28205 80.91.229.12 (17 May 2007 04:32:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 04:32:23 +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 May 17 06:32:21 2007 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 1HoXf2-0002qQ-SH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 06:32:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HoXn5-0004aP-7L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 May 2007 00:40:39 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post01.iad01!news.aliant.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Debian) Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aliant.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:148471 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:44061 Archived-At: On 2007-05-17, 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? > > 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