My ~/.emacs, I like to use M-x customize-variable beause it's friendly and easy to understand ;)

(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.
  '(auto-save-default nil)
  '(browse-url-browser-function (quote browse-url-mozilla) t)
  '(browse-url-mozilla-program "mozilla-firefox")
  '(case-fold-search t)
  '(column-number-mode t)
  '(current-language-environment "Spanish")
  '(default-input-method "spanish-postfix")
  '(dired-listing-switches "-alh" t)
  '(display-time-mode t nil (time))
  '(frame-background-mode (quote light))
  '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))
  '(indent-tabs-mode nil)
  '(inhibit-startup-message t)
  '(ispell-skip-html t)
  '(jde-jdk-registry (quote (("1.5.0" . "/opt/sun/jdk"))))
  '(line-number-mode nil)
  '(make-backup-files nil)
  '(mouse-wheel-mode t nil (mwheel))
  '(scroll-bar-mode (quote right))
  '(semanticdb-default-save-directory "/home/modlost/tmp")
  '(show-paren-mode t nil (paren))
  '(transient-mark-mode t)
  '(user-mail-address "modlost_AT_modlost_DOT_net")
  '(visible-bell t))
 (custom-set-faces
   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  )
 
 ;;
 ;; Special customization
 ;;
 (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
 (setq frame-title-format "Emacs - %b")
 (setq icon-title-format "Emacs - %b")
 
 ;;
 ;; Team
 ;;
 (load "hilit19")
 
 ;;
 ;; Text Mode customization
 ;;
 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook
           '(lambda ()
              (turn-on-auto-fill)
              (auto-fill-mode 1)
              ))
 
 
 ;;
 ;; PSGML Mode customization
 ;;
 (add-hook 'sgml-mode-hook
           '(lambda ()
              (setq-default sgml-set-face t)
              (setq sgml-auto-insert-required-elements nil)
              ;;
              ;; Faces.
              ;;
              (make-face 'sgml-comment-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-doctype-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-end-tag-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-entity-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-ignored-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-ms-end-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-ms-start-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-pi-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-sgml-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-short-ref-face)
              (make-face 'sgml-start-tag-face)
 
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-comment-face "dark green")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-doctype-face "maroon")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-end-tag-face "blue2")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-entity-face "red2")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-ignored-face "maroon")
              (set-face-background 'sgml-ignored-face "gray90")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-ms-end-face "maroon")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-ms-start-face "maroon")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-pi-face "maroon")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-sgml-face "maroon")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-short-ref-face "goldenrod")
              (set-face-foreground 'sgml-start-tag-face "blue2")
 
              (setq-default sgml-markup-faces
                            '((comment . sgml-comment-face)
                              (doctype . sgml-doctype-face)
                              (end-tag . sgml-end-tag-face)
                              (entity . sgml-entity-face)
                              (ignored . sgml-ignored-face)
                              (ms-end . sgml-ms-end-face)
                              (ms-start . sgml-ms-start-face)
                              (pi . sgml-pi-face)
                              (sgml . sgml-sgml-face)
                              (short-ref . sgml-short-ref-face)
                              (start-tag . sgml-start-tag-face)))
 
              ))
 
 ;;
 ;; Jde Mode customization
 ;;
 (add-hook 'jde-mode-hook
           '(lambda ()
              (turn-on-auto-fill)
              (auto-fill-mode 1)
              (setq tab-width 2)
              ))
 
 ;;
 ;; Linux C Mode
 ;;
 (defun linux-c-mode ()
   "C mode for Linux Kernel Source"
   (interactive)
   (load "c-mode")
   (c-mode)
   (setq c-indent-level 8)
   (setq c-brace-imaginary-offset 0)
   (setq c-brace-offset -8)
   (setq c-argdecl-indent 8)
   (setq c-label-offset -8)
   (setq c-continued-statement-offset 8)
   (setq tab-width 8))
 

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