Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 14:15:15 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Maude and Dan Swearingen <maudecs AT geocities DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: EMACS under MS-DOS 
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On Sat, 28 Nov 1998, Maude and Dan Swearingen wrote:

> I'm using the EMACS that I downloaded from www.delorie.com
> when I got djgpp.  The question that I have is: is there
> anything that replaces the .emacs file that I'm used to
> using on UNIX platforms.

That file is called _emacs in the DJGPP version, since DOS filesystems 
don't allow a leading dot in the file names.

I suggest to read the chapter called "MS-DOS" in the Emacs on-line 
manual.  It explains this and other peculiarities of the DJGPP port.