Really Simple Emacs Configuration for Begginners

.emacs

;; to debug the .emacs file
(setq debug-on-error nil)
(setq visible-bell nil)

;; setup the default mode to use
;;Text mode is happier than Fundamental mode ;-)
(setq default-major-mode 'text-mode)

;; define the mail and name
(setq user-mail-address "foo@example.com")
(setq user-full-name "Foo Bar")

;; be nice with X clipboard
(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)

;; use Control+g fot goto-line
(global-set-key [(control g)] 'goto-line)

;; enable menubar and tool bar
(menu-bar-mode 1)
(tool-bar-mode 1)

;; turn on font-lock mode
(global-font-lock-mode t)
(require 'font-lock) ; enable syntax highlighting

;; simple cut, copy, paste
(global-set-key [f2] 'clipboard-kill-region)
(global-set-key [f3] 'clipboard-kill-ring-save)
(global-set-key [f4] 'clipboard-yank)

(global-set-key [end] 'end-of-line)
(global-set-key [home] 'beginning-of-line)

;;touche del et suppr
(global-set-key [delete] 'delete-char)

;;(dysplay question in 'y/n' instead of 'yes/no')
(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)

;; tramp let you open remote files over ssh
(require 'tramp)
(setq tramp-default-method "ssh")

;;; Prevent Extraneous Tabs
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)