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-;; Some bascis, necessary for a good working Emacs :
-;; (Extracted from Pr. Paul Garrett's .emacs)
-
-
-(custom-set-variables
-  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
-  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
- '(case-fold-search t)
- '(column-number-mode 1)
- '(line-number-mode 1)
- '(current-language-environment "English")
- '(default-input-method "rfc1345")
- '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))
- '(setq show-paren-delay t)
- '(show-paren-mode t nil (paren))
- '(tab-width 4)
- '(transient-mark-mode 1))
-
-
-
-(defun good-colors ()
-  (progn
-	(set-background-color "DimGray")
-	(set-foreground-color "LightGray")
-	(set-cursor-color "DarkSlateBlue")
-	(set-border-color "DimGray")
-	(set-mouse-color "DarkSlateBlue")
-	
-	(set-face-background 'default "DimGray")
-	(set-face-background 'region "DarkSlateGray")
-	(set-face-background 'highlight "DarkSlateBlue")
-	(set-face-background 'modeline "DarkSlateBlue") ;;; CornflowerBlue")
-	
-	(set-face-foreground 'default "LightGray")
-	(set-face-foreground 'region "Ivory")
-	(set-face-foreground 'highlight "LightGray")  ;;; DimGray")
-	(set-face-foreground 'modeline "LightGray")
-	))
-
-(good-colors)  ;; calls the previously-defined function
-
-;; Set default window size at start :
-
-(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(height . 44))
-
-(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(width . 82)) 
-
-;; Some X environment colors and behavior :
-
-(setq default-major-mode 'text-mode)
-(setq-default auto-fill-function 'do-auto-fill)
-(add-hook 'text-mode-hook
-		  'turn-on-auto-fill
-		  'set-fill-column 94)
-
-;; Associate matlab source code to octave for syntax colors :
-
-(add-to-list
- 'auto-mode-alist
- '("\\.m$" . octave-mode))
-
-;; Arudino syntax coloration :
-
-(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/vendor/arduino-mode")
-(setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.\\(pde\\|ino\\)$" . arduino-mode) 
-							auto-mode-alist))
-(autoload 'arduino-mode "arduino-mode" "Arduino editing mode." 1)
-
-