;;; make load-path ~/elisp
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/elisp"))


;;; general setup
;; enable font lock globally
(global-font-lock-mode 1)

;; setup syntax hilighting
(require 'color-theme)
(color-theme-charcoal-black)

;; show parens
(show-paren-mode 1)

;; make backing up smarter
(setq
	backup-by-copying t            ; don't clobber symlinks
	backup-directory-alist
	'(("." . "~/.emacsbackup"))    ; don't litter my fs tree
	delete-old-versions t
	kept-new-versions 6
	kept-old-versions 2
	version-control t)             ; use versioned backups


;;; edit mode setup
;; use cperl and set some defines
(defalias 'perl-mode 'cperl-mode)
(setq cperl-invalid-face (quote off))
(setq cperl-indent-level 4)