Some tricks from my .emacs: (server-start) ;; no Tabs (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil) (setq-default tabs-width 2) ;; List more buffers in the b

Some tricks from my .emacs: (server-start) ;; no Tabs (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil) (setq-default tabs-width 2) ;; List more buffers in the buffer menu (setq-default buffers-menu-max-size 30) ;; Prevent startup message and switch to empty *scratch* (setq inhibit-startup-message t) (setq initial-scratch-message nil) ;; Fix C&P (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t) ;; Make Caps Lock LED blink instead of audio bell (setq visible-bell 1) (setq ring-bell-function (lambda () (when (getenv "DISPLAY") (call-process-shell-command "xset led named \"Scoll Lock\"; xset -led named \"Scroll Lock\"" nil 0 nil)))) (show-paren-mode 1) (column-number-mode 1) ;; Keep the custom stuff separate (setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el") (load custom-file) ;; I know what downcase-region does. Me no noob anymore ;). So undisable it. (put 'downcase-region 'disabled nil) ;; This can be a life saver! (push '("." . "~/.emacs.d/backups") backup-directory-alist) ;; Create better buffer names. foo.c++:src, foo.c++:extra instead of foo.c++ and foo.c++<2> ;; This should really be the default behaviour for Emacs! (require 'uniquify) (setq uniquify-buffer-name-style 'reverse uniquify-separator ":") ;; c-mode hook to set better default compile-command if no Makefile exists and activate flyspell-prog-mode ;; I have similar hooks for c-mode and fortran-mode (add-hook 'c++-mode-hook (lambda () (flyspell-prog-mode) (unless (or (file-exists-p "Makefile") (local-variable-p 'compile-command) (not buffer-file-name)) (set (make-local-variable 'compile-command) (format "%s %s %s" (or (getenv "CXX") "g++") (or (getenv "CXXFLAGS") "-pipe -std=c++0x -pedantic-errors -Wall -Wextra -Weffc++ -g3") (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name)))))) ;; Set f9 to compiler and f8 to make clean (global-set-key '[f9] 'compile) (global-set-key '[f8] '(lambda () (interactive) (when (file-exists-p "Makefile") (compile "make clean")))) The rest is just some specific mode setup and minor key bindings stuff.