Windows itself won't create names beginning with ".".  If you create that
file name
inside emacs, it will exist.  The "~" is the convention for your home
directory.
Open the file
C-x C-f ~/.emacs <RET>
Emacs will create the file if it isn't already there.
Add the correct load statement for your machine and then save it with
C-x C-s
Are you sure that you have two levels of ess-5.13?  Usually only one level
is in the path.
The ESS instructions for Windows are correct.  You must follow them
absolutely
literally.


On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Li, Preston <Preston.Li@blackrock.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am on Windows XP and have both GNU Emacs 21.3.1 installed as well as
> the latest ESS 5.13 unpacked as follow:
>
> C:/ess/ess-5.13/ess-5.13/
> C:/Program Files/GNU EMACS/site-lisp/
>
> The installation instructions at
> http://ess.r-project.org/Manual/readme.html suggests adding (load
> "C:/ess/ess-5.13/ess-5.13/lisp/ess-site") to ~/.emacs
>
> Where exactly should the .emacs be?  Does it already exist or do I have
> to create it.  I only see one file (subdirs.el) under C:/Program
> Files/GNU EMACS/site-lisp/
>
> Also, in Windows (as opposed to Unix) I thought file names starting with
> a "." is prohibited, no?
>
> Please advise.  Thanks.
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