On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 21:09, Rob Davenport <rob.davenp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The file system will let you create dot files just fine.
More or less.
> You can create the files in Emacs itself
Yes, but the filesystem virtualization will see that C:/.emacs is
really at C:/Users/YourUserName/AppData/Local/VirtualStore.
> or Notepad
A message informs you that you don't have permission to write at C:/
and asks whether you want to save at My Documents instead.
> or on the command-line (using 'copy con' redirected to the dot file you want).
C:\> copy con .emacs
asdf^Z
Access denied.
0 file(s) copied.
Of course, with the right permissions you could write anywhere. But
these are not the default permissions on Windows 7.
Also, if the OP puts .emacs in %APPDATA%, it will be near .emacs.d/
and most other Emacs-related files.
Juanma
