Re: Where is .emacs in Linux?

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi,

On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 04:04:37AM -0700, tirengarfio wrote:

> Hi,

> I have installed emacs in ubuntu 8.04 through "sudo apt-get install
> emacs" and i want to activate the cuamode.

> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CuaMode Here  you can see that to
> activate the cuamode i should edit ".emacs" but where is it??

As yet, nowhere.  You have to create the file yourself.  Normally, it
will be in your home directory.  To create it, do

    C-x C-f ~/.emacs <CR>

(i.e. "control x, control f, type in "~/.emacs", then hit carriage
return)

Edit away to your heart's content.

> Bye

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).