From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chris McMahan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: GNU Emacs under Windows 2000: .emacs file Date: 12 Dec 2002 10:35:36 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039707720 8024 80.91.224.249 (12 Dec 2002 15:42:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:42:00 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18MVTK-00025I-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:41:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MVRw-0005Am-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:40:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 30 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108035 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4566 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4566 Galen Boyer writes: > On 12 Dec 2002, jaime.suarez@crossmatch.net wrote: > > I installed the Win2K version of GNU Emacs and > > it runs fine. However I cannot find the file > > .emacs or _emacs. Where is this file supposed > > to be? Do I have to create it? > > Type C-x C-f ~/.emacs > > You are now in that file. (The point is that Emacs either finds > a file that exists or makes a buffer that, when saved, will be > that file) > > > In Windows 2000, what is the equivalent of > > the UNIX "Home" directory? > > The HOME environmental variable. Or failing that, Windows defaults to the c:/ drive. > -- > Galen Boyer -- (. .) =ooO=(_)=Ooo======================== Chris McMahan | cmcmahan-AT-one.net ====================================