;; Hide the menu bar. (menu-bar-mode -1) ;; Don't use double-spaces after periods. (setq sentence-end-double-space nil) ;; Use unicode ellipses, because they're nicer. (setq truncate-string-ellipsis "…") ;; Don't require full yes/no answers, allow y/n instead. (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) ;; Open new windows to the right, not on the bottom. (setq split-height-threshold nil split-width-threshold 0) ;; Scroll line-by-line, rather than jumping around haphazardly. (setq scroll-conservatively 10000 scroll-margin 0 scroll-preserve-screen-position 1) ;; Display the column and line numbers of the cursor in the mode line. (column-number-mode) ;; Display the file size in the mode line. (size-indication-mode)