What is an `init.el or `.emacs and is there a sample one?
The `init.el’ or `.emacs’ file is used to customize XEmacs to your tastes. Starting in 21.4, the preferred location for the init file is `~/.xemacs/init.el’; in previous versions, it was `~/.emacs’. 21.4 still accepts the old location, but the first time you run it, it will ask to migrate your file to the new location. If you answer yes, the file will be moved, and a “compatibility” `.emacs’ file will be placed in the old location so that you can still run older versions of XEmacs, and versions of GNU Emacs, which expect the old location. The `.emacs’ file present is just a stub that loads the real file in `~/.xemacs/init.el’. No two init files are alike, nor are they expected to be alike, but that’s the point. The XEmacs distribution contains an excellent starter example in the `etc/’ directory called `sample.init.el’ (starting in 21.4) or `sample.emacs’ in older versions. Copy this file from there to `~/.xemacs/init.el’ (starting in 21.4) or `~/.
The `init.el’ or `.emacs’ file is used to customize XEmacs to your tastes. Starting in 21.4, the preferred location for the init file is `~/.xemacs/init.el’; in previous versions, it was `~/.emacs’. 21.4 still accepts the old location, but the first time you run it, it will ask to migrate your file to the new location. If you answer yes, the file will be moved, and a “compatibility” `.emacs’ file will be placed in the old location so that you can still run older versions of XEmacs, and versions of GNU Emacs, which expect the old location. The `.emacs’ file present is just a stub that loads the real file in `~/.xemacs/init.el’. No two init files are alike, nor are they expected to be alike, but that’s the point. The XEmacs distribution contains an excellent starter example in the `etc/’ directory called `sample.init.el’ (starting in 21.4) or `sample.emacs’ in older versions. Copy this file from there to `~/.xemacs/init.el’ (starting in 21.4) or `~/.emacs’ in older versions, where `~’ me
