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-'''User's Initialization File ''' or '''dotemacs''' or '''init file''' is a file to store your configurations/customizations for Emacs written
+Editing User's Initialization File - WikEmacs
-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]].
-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.
-== Configuration Example ==
-For a good example of an init file check out some of the starter kits, like [[Prelude]].
-== Debugging the Init file ==
-<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
-$ emacs --debug-init
-</syntaxhighlight>
-Running the above command will enable the Emacs Lisp debugger for errors in the init file.
-== See Also ==
-* [[Prelude]]
-* [[Emacs Starter Kit]]
-== External links ==
-* {{Manual|emacs|Init-File|The Init File}}
-* [http://ola-bini.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-large-is-your-emacs.html How Large is Your .emacs?]
-[[Category:Customization]]
-[[Category:Key Concepts]]
-[[Category:Debug]]