Patrick Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > I'm just coming to grips with emacs and discovered that most people have a > .emacs file with default settings that they can use. > > Could someone send me this default file please?
You don't need a .emacs if you're just going to use the defaults. If you want a good example of what you can do in a .emacs, # apt-get install emacs-lisp-intro and then, in emacs `C-h i' to get the main info menu and look for emacs-lisp-intro. Another alternative is to M-x customize in emacs to get a hierarchical listing of customizable variables. Be prepared to spend a lot of time there, though :-) BTW, for general emacs questions, you're better off asking in the newsgroups gnu.emacs.help or comp.emacs. HTH, cbb
