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Within Emacs, ~ at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your HOME directory, so you can always find your .emacs file with C-x C-f ~/.emacs. There's further information at HOME and Startup Directories on MS-Windows.
Sep 16, 2009 · What practical, objective differences are there between Emacs and Vim? For example, what can be done using one but not the other (or done more easily with one than the other)? What should I know in...
You didn't say so, but it sounds like you're starting Emacs from a Windows shortcut. The directory that you see with c-x c-f is the cwd, in Emacs terms, the default-directory (a variable). When you start Emacs using a...
Dec 17, 2013 · Use Emacs bookmarks. Just create bookmarks normally, when you visit a remote file or directory. Then just use C-x r b to jump to a remote bookmark, whose name you provide (with completion). If you use B...
How can I get Emacs to reload all my definitions that I have updated in .emacs without restarting Emacs?
Sep 18, 2008 · I'm trying to detect the size of the screen I'm starting emacs on, and adjust the size and position the window it is starting in (I guess that's the frame in emacs-speak) accordingly. I'm trying to...
Jul 23, 2017 · I enable them by pressing: M-x linum-mode. How can I "translate" that into my.emacs file in order to enable it automatically every time I open EMACS?
Aug 19, 2010 · This article says that "Emacs has redo because you can reverse direction while undoing, thereby undoing the undo". What does this mean? How can a user 'redo' with Emacs?
I'm trying to run Python code for testing and debugging using Emacs. How should I debug and run code in *.py files ? I tried using the M-x compile commands . Using M-x compile, I get a compilation ...
How do you run Emacs in Windows? What is the best flavor of Emacs to use in Windows, and where can I download it? And where is the .emacs file located?
