Simple, quick .emacs when necessary

.emacs

;; Roger's Simple .emacs 

;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
;; global variables & settings
(setq auto-save-default         t
      auto-save-interval        1000
      delete-auto-save-files    nil
      make-backup-files         nil
      require-final-newline     t
      compile-command           "make -k "
      line-number-display-limit 10000000)

;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
;; no tabs
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
;; except makefiles
(defun ra-makefile-mode-hook ()
  (setq indent-tabs-mode t))
(add-hook 'makefile-mode-hook 'ra-makefile-mode-hook)

;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
;; keys
(global-set-key "\C-z"     'call-last-kbd-macro) ; much better than iconify
(global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'buffer-menu)         ; better than other-buffer
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x k") 'kill-this-buffer) ; better than kill-buffer

;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
;; modes
(blink-cursor-mode 0)
(setq visible-bell t)
(menu-bar-mode 0)
(tool-bar-mode 0)
(setq display-time-day-and-date t)
(display-time-mode 1)
(delete-selection-mode t) ; overwrite selected text
(column-number-mode 1)
(show-paren-mode 1)

;; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
(put 'upcase-region 'disabled nil)
(put 'downcase-region 'disabled nil)