Emacs configuration on slink

[Dave MacCallum <macca003@tc.umn.edu>]

I would like to configure emacs so that I get text-mode and auto-fill-mode
as defaults.  The O'Reilly book on emacs (excellent as usual) instructs me
how to do this by adding a few commands to the end of the .emacs file to
be found in the user's directory.

There is no such file in my user directory.  (I'm using slink.)  Should I
create one containing just those commands?

Is this .emacs file located elsewhere in slink?  I poked around, but could
not find it.

Thanks
Dave