emacs_config_prelude/modules/prelude-ui.el

;;; prelude-ui.el --- Emacs Prelude: UI optimizations and tweaks.
;;
;; Copyright (c) 2011 Bozhidar Batsov
;;
;; Author: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar.batsov@gmail.com>
;; URL: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Prelude
;; Version: 1.0.0
;; Keywords: convenience

;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.

;;; Commentary:

;; We dispense with most of the point and click UI, reduce the startup noise,
;; configure smooth scolling and a nice theme that's easy on the eyes (zenburn).

;;; License:

;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
;; as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
;; of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
;;
;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;;
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

;;; Code:

;; the toolbar is just a waste of valuable screen estate
(tool-bar-mode -1)
;; the menu bar is mostly useless as well
;; but removing it under OS X doesn't make much sense
(unless (string= system-type "darwin")
  (menu-bar-mode -1))
;; the blinking cursor is nothing, but an annoyance
(blink-cursor-mode -1)

;; disable startup screen
(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)

;; nice scrolling
(setq scroll-margin 0
      scroll-conservatively 100000
      scroll-preserve-screen-position 1)

;; mode line settings
(line-number-mode t)                    
(column-number-mode t)                  
(size-indication-mode t)                

;; enable y/n answers
(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)

;; custom Emacs 24 color themes support
(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path (concat user-emacs-directory "themes/"))
(load-theme 'zenburn t)

(provide 'prelude-ui)
;;; prelude-ui.el ends here