Thoughts on layout, Emacs, etc...

It's become clear to me that there's a great interest in a development blog such as this so I've decided to go with a darker layout which isn't as tough on the eyes as the previous one - I'd hate to get complaints that people had read themselves blind here :) Read on, to see my emacs config. The same thoughts are behind the layout in my favorite IDE Emacs, which looks something like this.

These few lines in your .emacs will get you something similar:

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/color-theme")

(color-theme-initialize)
(color-theme-charcoal-black)
(set-default-font 
       "-unknown-Inconsolata-normal-normal-normal-*-12-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1")
(global-font-lock-mode 1) ;; Enable syntax highlighting when editing code.

(scroll-bar-mode -1)
(show-paren-mode 1)
(tool-bar-mode -1)

On a side note: The code in the top screenshot is from a little HTTP stress tester I did in a hurry some months ago. I was working on a contract that had very specific performance demands that needed to be tested throughout the day, so in a couple of hours I hammered down the above, which worked like a charm. That's it for now, hope you enjoy the blog and slip me a comment if something needs improving or if there's a special (clojure/industry related) topic you would like me to look into. /Lau (ps: After a little struggle with Wordpress we agreed that I may upload charcoal.el -the colortheme- but that I must name it charcoal.pdf - download: here)