"I've been reading lots of blogs and opinions about emacs the last few days. What strikes me is all of these people who brag about how large their .emacs files have become. So let me make this very clear: If your .emacs file is longer than a page YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. Why? Well. Unless you are a casual Emacs user, your .emacs should not be regarded as a configuration file. Rather, the .emacs file is actually the entry point to the source repository of your own version of Emacs..."