[R] where is .emacs file?

[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 that it should be possible to use emacsclient with aquamacs, which would bypass the entire ESS install issue since aquamacs already has it, but I cant seem to make it work here.

-pd

On 01 Mar 2017, at 18:11 , David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:

>> 
>> On Mar 1, 2017, at 4:28 AM, Ulrik Stervbo <ulrik.stervbo at gmail.com> 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 to show hidden files in Finder.
> 
> At an open Terminal console type:
> 
> defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
> killall Finder
> 
> The second line restarts your Finder.app so that the new settings can take effect. You will then have the responsibility of not deleting any of the system files which are now exposed, but this is how I run my machine.
> 
> -- 
> David.
>> 
>> If you still can't find the file, you might have better chances by asking
>> in some Emacs forum.
>> 
>> Alternatively you can use R-studio instead of emacs/ess.
>> 
>> HTH
>> Ulrik
>> 
>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 at 13:12 Naresh Gurbuxani <naresh_gurbuxani at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 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 installed EMACS modified for ESS from Vincent Goulet's
>> website.  In my EMACS application, ESS is available (verified by typing M-X
>> ess-version).
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Naresh
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