Re: [R] where is .emacs file?

2017-03-01 Thread peter dalgaard
This isn't the emacs help list... Anyways, a less intrusive method is to start a Terminal and use ls -a. As far as I can tell, the stock emacs on Mac actually works with a .emacs.d directory into which you are supposed to drop .el files, rather than the monolithic .emacs file. I see claims th

Re: [R] where is .emacs file?

2017-03-01 Thread David Winsemius
> On Mar 1, 2017, at 4:28 AM, Ulrik Stervbo wrote: > > Files starting with dots are hidden files on Mac. The emacs configuration > file .emacs should be in your home directory. You can list all files - also > the hidden ones - by `ls -a` in your console. I don't use Mac so I can't > tell you how

Re: [R] where is .emacs file?

2017-03-01 Thread Ulrik Stervbo
Files starting with dots are hidden files on Mac. The emacs configuration file .emacs should be in your home directory. You can list all files - also the hidden ones - by `ls -a` in your console. I don't use Mac so I can't tell you how to show hidden files in Finder. If you still can't find the fi

[R] where is .emacs file?

2017-03-01 Thread Naresh Gurbuxani
I am trying to install ESS so that it can be used when EMACS is launched from Mac Terminal.  After running "make" from the directory where ESS files are saved, the instructions ask the following to be added to .emacs file: (require 'ess-site) But I cannot find .emacs file. I have already ins