;; Fix Emacs' bad defaults ;; Save backups and autosaves in a centralized place (defvar autosave-directory (expand-file-name "autosaves" user-emacs-directory)) (defvar backup-directory (expand-file-name "backups" user-emacs-directory)) (make-directory autosave-directory t) (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,autosave-directory t)) backup-directory-alist `(("." . ,backup-directory))) ;; Sensible variable defaults (setq ring-bell-function nil enable-recursive-minibuffers t read-process-output-max (* 1024 1024) vc-follow-symlinks t display-line-numbers-type 'visual) (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil) ;; Always take up the full screen when Emacs opens (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(fullscreen . maximized)) ;; Always display line numbers (global-display-line-numbers-mode 1) (provide 'init-defaults)