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<div>'''User's Initialization File ''' or '''dotemacs''' or '''init file''' is a file to store your configurations/customizations for Emacs written<br />
in [[Emacs Lisp]], located at either {{Filename|${HOME}/.emacs.d/init.el}} or (archaically) at {{Filename|${HOME}/.emacs}} or at {{Filename|%HOME%\_emacs}} on [[Windows| MS Windows]].<br />
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The most reliable way to find our the place of the initialization file on your system is to check the value of the '''user-init-file''' variable. <br />
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== Configuration Example ==<br />
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For a good example of an init file check out some of the starter kits, like [[Prelude]].<br />
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== Debugging the Init file ==<br />
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"><br />
$ emacs --debug-init<br />
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Running the above command will enable the Emacs Lisp debugger for errors in the init file.<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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* [[Prelude]]<br />
* [[Emacs Starter Kit]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{Manual|emacs|Init-File|The Init File}}<br />
* [http://ola-bini.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-large-is-your-emacs.html How Large is Your .emacs?]<br />
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[[Category:Customization]]<br />
[[Category:Key Concepts]]<br />
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