RE: [h-e-w] Newbie - initial config

[Francis Wright]

> From: address@hidden
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> Behalf Of Drew Adams
> Sent: Monday 09 March 2009 7:20 am
> To: 'Tomas Valusek'; address@hidden
> Subject: RE: [h-e-w] Newbie - initial config
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> Just use `C-x C-f _emacs' to visit a new, empty file buffer named
> `_emacs', then
> `C-x C-s' to save the file (edit the directory part of the file name to
> put it in your home directory).

Emacs should expand ~ to whatever it regards as your home directory, so if
you do `C-x C-f ~/_emacs' you should be guaranteed to edit the file _emacs
in the right directory. (You can also use .emacs instead of _emacs, which I
prefer, although it's less Windows-friendly.)

Francis