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Thorsten Bonow <thorsten.bonow@post.rwth-aachen.de> writes:


Hi, Toto

I've got it.
Thanks.

regards,
Jack

> >>>>> "Jack" == Jack  <host@mail.org> writes:
> 
>     Jack> Hi, I am a newbie to emacs.  I use emacs on Windows 2000 pro box. The
>     Jack> default location the .emacs file residing is C:\ I want to move the
>     Jack> file to other place. How can I do?  Many thanks.
> 
> Hi, this is a FAQ. The question "Where do I put my .emacs, (or _emacs), file?"
> and many more Windoze related questions are answered in the GNU Emacs for
> Windoze FAQ at "http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html".
> 
> There you can read that e.g. setting the HOME Environment to the directory where
> you want to store your init file is one solution.
> 
> Hope this helps...
> 
> Toto
> 
> -- 
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