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Re: newbie question about .emacs initialization file
From: |
John Paul Wallington |
Subject: |
Re: newbie question about .emacs initialization file |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Jun 2004 17:32:15 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Edward Casey" <ejmn@cpinternet.com> writes:
> I recenty downloaded Gnu emacs for Windows (using Win 98). Since Dos-based
> systems allow only three characters for a file-name suffix, how do I get
> lisp functions, etc. into the environment during loading? Do I have to do
> a load-file after emacs is up and running? What is the init file name
> under MS Windows?
You can have a .emacs file in Windows 98. It can be named either
_emacs or .emacs, and should be placed in your "home" directory. If
you have both files in your home directory, Emacs will load the .emacs
file and ignore _emacs. Your home directory is where the HOME
configuration variable tells Emacs it is.
See
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/faq3.html#startup
for more details.