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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/1/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">not norwegian swede</b> <<a href="mailto:notnorwegian@yahoo.se">notnorwegian@yahoo.se</a>> wrote:</span>
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<td valign="top">Hi<br><br>Im new to emacs. Where do I find the .emacs-file?<br><br>It is not in my emacs filder and neither desktop search or google desktop search can find it.<br><br>if i have to create it, where should it be placed?</td>
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<div>In the directory which is the value of the environment variable HOME, i.e.</div>
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<div>- Type C-x C-f (the command find-file)</div>
<div>- delete the proposed path</div>
<div>- type in it's place $HOME and the enter key.</div>
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<div>You will be shown the directory where emacs expects to find the .emacs file.</div>
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<div>P.</div>
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