macOS basic EMACS question

[JBot]

i was wondering how you would go about showing the line numbers under emacs?
i found acouple sites that say you edit the .emacs file, but i cant locate that on file on my machine (awkward). anybody feel like helping me out?

 

[lee1210]

[TROLL]
Sure. ctrl-X, ctrl-C.
At the terminal, type vim filename.xyz<enter>
Type :set number<enter>
=)
[/TROLL]

-Lee

 

[JBot]

[TROLL]
Sure. ctrl-X, ctrl-C.
At the terminal, type vim filename.xyz<enter>
Type :set number<enter>
=)
[/TROLL]

and yes. that gives you line numbers in vim.
but i asked about the emacs editor. not vim.

 

[notjustjay]

If the .emacs file doesn't exist, you could always just create one.