;; use UTF-8 for file name encoding
(setq file-name-coding-system 'utf-8)
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)

;; enable some commands disabled by default
(put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil)
(put 'upcase-region 'disabled nil)
(put 'downcase-region 'disabled nil)

;; no fancy graphic stuff, you don't want to use the mouse anyway, do
;; you?
(if (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode) (scroll-bar-mode -1))
(if (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode) (tool-bar-mode -1))
(if (fboundp 'menu-bar-mode) (menu-bar-mode -1))
(setq use-dialog-box nil)

;; add key sequences
(global-set-key "\C-c\l" 'goto-line)

;; syntax coloring
(global-font-lock-mode t)

;; syntax coloring
(global-display-fill-column-indicator-mode t)

;; paren matching
(show-paren-mode t)

;; display of current function (which-function-mode)
(which-function-mode 1)

;; VC is mostly useless for modern DVCSs
(setq vc-handled-backends nil)

;; configure the browser
(setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-generic
      browse-url-generic-program "firefox")

;; use space instead of tabs
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)

;; yank at cursor not mouse pointer
(setq mouse-yank-at-point t)

;; make the screen go down with one line & mouse wheel support
(setq scroll-step 1)
(mouse-wheel-mode t)

;; clipboard yanking is possible with middle mouse button now
(setq x-select-enable-clipboard t
      x-select-enable-primary t)

;; enhanced buffer switching with shift + arrows
(windmove-default-keybindings)

;; resize cursor to character
(setq x-stretch-cursor t)

;; set tab width to 4 whitespaces
(setq tab-width 4)
(setq-default cperl-indent-level tab-width)

;; More history
(setq-default history-length 1000)

;; delete trailing whitespaces before saving
(add-hook 'before-save-hook 'delete-trailing-whitespace)

;; add newlines at eof
(setq require-final-newline t)

;; enable number-modes
(setq line-number-mode t)
(setq column-number-mode t)

;; show paren mode
(setq show-paren-mode t)

;; no am/pm in timestamps
(setq display-time-24hr-format t)

;; configure theme
(custom-set-variables
 '(custom-enabled-themes (quote (tango-dark))))

;; configur authinfo file
(setq auth-sources
      '((:source "~/.authinfo.gpg")))