title: What's in your .emacs?
body: <p>I've switched computers a few times recently, and somewhere along the way I lost my .emacs.  I'm trying to build it up again, but while I'm at it, I thought I'd pick up other good configurations that other people use.</p>
  
  <p>So, if you use Emacs, what's in <i>your</i> .emacs?</p>
  
  <p>Mine is pretty barren right now, containing only:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Global font-lock-mode! <code>(global-font-lock-mode 1)</code></li>
  <li>My personal preferences with respect to indentation, tabs, and spaces.</li>
  <li>Use cperl-mode instead of perl-mode.</li>
  <li>A shortcut for compilation.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>What do you think is useful?</p>