;;; Preference Variables

(setq make-backup-files nil)          ;Do not make backup files
(setq backup-by-copying t)            ;If you do, at least do not destroy links
(setq delete-auto-save-files t)       ;Delete autosave files when writing orig
(setq blink-matching-paren nil)       ;Do not blink opening delim
(setq-default case-fold-search nil)   ;Do not fold cases in search
(setq require-final-newline 'ask)     ;Ask about missing final newline

;; Reverse mappings for C-h and DEL.
(keyboard-translate ?\C-h ?\177)
(keyboard-translate ?\177 ?\C-h)

;; reassigning C-w to keep on deleting words backward

;; C-w is supposed to be kill-region, but it's a great burden for vi-trained fingers.
;; Bind it instead to backward-kill-word for more familiar, friendly behavior.
(define-key global-map "\^w" 'backward-kill-word)

;; for kill-region use a two-key sequence c-x c-k.
(define-key ctl-x-map "\^k" 'kill-region)

;; C mode customization: set vanilla (8-space bsd) indention style

(require 'cc-mode)                          ;kiss: be sure it's here

(c-add-style                                ;add indentation style
 "bsd8"                                     ;old bsd (8 spaces)
 '((c-basic-offset . 8)
   (c-hanging-comment-ender-p . nil)    ;isolated "*/" ends blk comments
   (c-comment-only-line-offset . 0)
   (c-offsets-alist . ((statement-block-intro . +)
                       (knr-argdecl-intro . +)
                       (substatement-open . 0)
                       (label . 0)
                       (statement-cont . +)
                       ))
   ))
(add-hook                                ;this is our default style,
 'c-mode-hook                            ;set it always in c-mode-hook
 (function
  (lambda ()
    (c-set-style "bsd8"))))

;; end of c mode style setup