; show auto-complete options in the minibuffer while typing (icomplete-mode 1) ; this will make the colors show up properly when using the shell (ansi-color-for-comint-mode-on) ; make the shell prompt read only (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook '(lambda () (toggle-truncate-lines 1))) (setq comint-prompt-read-only t) ; instead of splitting the window to list the buffers, show it in the current window. (global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'buffer-menu) ; don't show the stupid startup message. It's not useful once you know how to use emacs. (setq inhibit-startup-message "nowarranty")