Emacs init

init.el

;;;; Javier's .emacs file
;;; Javier Garcia
;;; 18 April 2017


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;;;; GENERAL SETTINGS
;;;;-------------------------------------------

;; UTF-8 as default encoding
(set-language-environment "UTF-8")

;; set default directory
(setq default-directory "~/")

;; Set the load path
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "lisp" user-emacs-directory))

;; Disable splash screen
(setq inhibit-startup-message t
      inhibit-startup-echo-area-message t)



;;;;-------------------------------------------
;;;; WINDOWS SIZE
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(set-frame-position (selected-frame) 0 0)
;; initial window
(setq initial-frame-alist
      '(
        (width . 91) ; character
        (height . 40) ; lines
        ))

;; default/sebsequent window
(setq default-frame-alist
      '(
        (width . 90) ; character
        (height . 40)  ; lines
        ))




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;;;; PACKAGE MANAGMENT
;;;;-------------------------------------------
(require 'package) 
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")
	     '("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/"))

(package-initialize)





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;;;; THEMES
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;; taken from: https://github.com/bbatsov/solarized-emacs
(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/themes")

;; make the fringe stand out from the background
(setq solarized-distinct-fringe-background t)

;; Don't change size of org-mode headlines (but keep other size-changes)
(setq solarized-scale-org-headlines nil)

(load-theme 'solarized-light t)


;;;;-------------------------------------------
;;;; OTHER THINGS
;;;;-------------------------------------------

;;; turn on highlight matching brackets when cursor is on one
(show-paren-mode 1)
(setq show-paren-style 'parenthesis) ; highlight brackets
;;(setq show-paren-style 'expression) ; highlight entire expression
;;(setq show-paren-style 'mixed) ; highlight brackets if visible, else entire expression


; Enable lines numbers
;(global-linum-mode 1)

; Enable IDO
(ido-mode 1)
(setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)
(setq ido-everywhere t)


;;;Making Emacs autoindent
(define-key global-map (kbd "RET") 'newline-and-indent)