title: What to do if I cannot find my emacs init file?
body: <p>I am trying to add haskell-mode to emacs by following these instructions:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://doc.gnu-darwin.org/haskell-mode/installation-guide.html" rel="nofollow">http://doc.gnu-darwin.org/haskell-mode/installation-guide.html</a></p>
  
  <p>This involves that I add some code to my <code>~/.emacs</code> init file. However, my issue is that I cannot locate my emacs init file. I tried using <code>find</code> commands to locate it, as so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>find . -name "*emacs*"
  find . -name "~/.emacs"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However none of these appear to be very successful, as I get either too many results, or no results.</p>
  
  <p>So, given my situation, since I cannot locate my <code>~/.emacs</code> init file, does this mean it does not exist? In that case, would it be smart to create one myself using the emacs editor? If so, are there any outstanding things I should know before attempting to create one?</p>