From: Allan <mu8ja0i@earthlink.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: init file help
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 23:07:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uve1wowt4.fsf@earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.11078.1209725055.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Allan <mu8ja0i@earthlink.net>
>> Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 20:51:09 -0500
>>
>> `_emacs' will work but if you want to create `.emacs' you have to
>> enclose the file name in double quotation marks when saving the file
>> on Windows.
>
> No, that's not true. Emacs does NOT require quotes for .emacs. Only
> the Windows explorer does.
Thanks, I did not know that. But as you mention, Notepad does require it.
--
Allan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-03 4:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-29 23:02 init file help DeSoya
2008-04-30 7:59 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-04-30 16:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.10965.1209542379.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-04-30 16:36 ` DeSoya
2008-04-30 16:46 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
[not found] ` <mailman.10979.1209574001.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-04-30 16:55 ` DeSoya
2008-04-30 18:04 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-04-30 19:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-05-01 4:23 ` reader
2008-05-01 4:27 ` reader
2008-04-30 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-04-30 17:06 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.10980.1209574789.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-04-30 17:04 ` DeSoya
2008-04-30 19:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <u3ap1eanm.fsf@earthlink.net>
2008-05-02 10:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.11078.1209725055.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-05-03 4:07 ` Allan [this message]
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