What's in your .emacs?

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A. Rex picture A. Rex · Sep 30, 2008 · Viewed 15.5k times · Source

I've switched computers a few times recently, and somewhere along the way I lost my .emacs. I'm trying to build it up again, but while I'm at it, I thought I'd pick up other good configurations that other people use.

So, if you use Emacs, what's in your .emacs?

Mine is pretty barren right now, containing only:

  1. Global font-lock-mode! (global-font-lock-mode 1)
  2. My personal preferences with respect to indentation, tabs, and spaces.
  3. Use cperl-mode instead of perl-mode.
  4. A shortcut for compilation.

What do you think is useful?

Answer

bortzmeyer picture bortzmeyer · Oct 18, 2008

Use the ultimate dotfiles site. Add your '.emacs' here. Read the '.emacs' of others.

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