Where is the .emacs file?

Hi all,
     I installed emacs by following the instructions (double-clicked
addpm.exe) . Now whle this is done, there is no .emacs around anywhere
in C:\  I ran emacs couple of times in the hopes that a .emacs would
get built but can't seem to find it anywhere. I need to find/make it
so I can use some other plugins as well.

Kindly cc the response as well.
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Re: Where is the .emacs file?

shirish wrote:
> Hi all,
>      I installed emacs by following the instructions (double-clicked
> addpm.exe) . Now whle this is done, there is no .emacs around anywhere
> in C:\  I ran emacs couple of times in the hopes that a .emacs would
> get built but can't seem to find it anywhere. I need to find/make it
> so I can use some other plugins as well.
> 
> Kindly cc the response as well.

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/InitFile

dired-recursive-copies

Hello there,

in my ".emacs" file I have:

(setq dired-recursive-copies "always")

when I do C-h v «enter» dired-recursive-copies «enter» I get:

dired-recursive-copies is a variable defined in `dired.el'.
Its value is "always"

Documentation:
*Decide whether recursive copies are allowed.
A value of nil means no recursive copies.
`always' means copy recursively without asking.
`top' means ask for each directory at top level.
Anything else means ask for each directory.

But it behaves as if it was set to "top"???  How can I fix this?

Thanks to all who respond,

Gérald Jean
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Re: dired-recursive-copies

> From: gerald.jean <at> dgag.ca
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:08:04 -0500
> 
> Hello there,
> 
> in my ".emacs" file I have:
> 
> (setq dired-recursive-copies "always")

 (setq dired-recursive-copies 'always)

(It should be a symbol, not a string.)

Is it possible to hide frame border?

Re: Is it possible to hide frame border?

Yu-ning Feng wrote:
> Please tell me how to do it if changing border width is possible. 
> Thank you.

On Windows, the frame's border is controlled by the OS, not by Emacs. 
You can adjust it (for all applications) through the display control panel.

Re: Is it possible to hide frame border?

Jason Rumney wrote:
> Yu-ning Feng wrote:
>> Please tell me how to do it if changing border width is possible. 
>> Thank you.
> 
> On Windows, the frame's border is controlled by the OS, not by Emacs. 
> You can adjust it (for all applications) through the display control panel.

Here is someone who has been hiding the frame borders on MS Windows:

   http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/

Re: Is it possible to hide frame border?

Windows port Emacs with GDB from Cygwin

Dear Emacs Users,

I have a question on the "=>" (line indicator) in windows port of Emacs
when using the GDB bundled with Cygwin. In particular, I am using the
windows port of Emacs 21.0 developing in C++. GDB is from Cygwin. (I do
not use EMACS under Cygwin.) When I hit "M-x gdb", the one-buffer emacs
frame containing the C++ source code is not split into two buffers.
Using "break main", I was successful to set a break point in the source
file and a RED dot is placed at the line containing the main clause on
the right. However, when I step through in GDB, there is no "=>" (line
indictor). I have to keep on using "list" to exam the code, which is
exhausting.

Has anyone on this listserv ever come across this problem? I suspect the
problem comes from the fact that I am using Cygwin and windows port of
Emacs, but I do not know the exact cause. Thx in adv.

Kevin

Re: Windows port Emacs with GDB from Cygwin

> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:42:39 -0500
> From: "Guangran Zhu" <guangran.zhu <at> mail.mcgill.ca>
> 
> I suspect the problem comes from the fact that I am using Cygwin and
> windows port of Emacs, but I do not know the exact cause.

I would suspect that as well: Emacs uses pipes to talk to GDB, and the
Cygwin implementation of pipes is subtly incompatible with native
Windows pipes used by Emacs on Windows.  To make sure this is the
problem, I suggest to download the MinGW port of GDB (available from
the MinGW site), and see if the problem goes away when you use that
port.

FWIW, the GDB interface in Emacs 22.1 works well for me with the MinGW
port of GDB.