ui.el

;; These customizations change the way emacs looks and disable/enable
;; some user interface elements. Some useful customizations are
;; commented out, and begin with the line "CUSTOMIZE". These are more
;; a matter of preference and may require some fiddling to match your
;; preferences

;; Turn off the menu bar at the top of each frame because it's distracting,
;; unless it's on Mac where the single menu bar is always present but with
;; -1 will not include the mode-specific menu entries.
(if (not (eq system-type 'darwin)) (menu-bar-mode -1))

;; Show line numbers
(global-linum-mode)

;; You can uncomment this to remove the graphical toolbar at the top. After
;; awhile, you won't need the toolbar.
;; (when (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode)
;;   (tool-bar-mode -1))

;; Don't show native OS scroll bars for buffers because they're redundant
(when (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode)
  (scroll-bar-mode -1))

;; Color Themes
;; Read http://batsov.com/articles/2012/02/19/color-theming-in-emacs-reloaded/
;; for a great explanation of emacs color themes.
;; https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Custom-Themes.html
;; for a more technical explanation.
(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path "~/.emacs.d/themes")
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/themes")
(load-theme 'tomorrow-night-bright t)

;; increase font size for better readability
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 140)

;; Uncomment the lines below by removing semicolons and play with the
;; values in order to set the width (in characters wide) and height
;; (in lines high) Emacs will have whenever you start it
;; (setq initial-frame-alist '((top . 0) (left . 0) (width . 177) (height . 53)))

;; These settings relate to how emacs interacts with your operating system
(setq ;; makes killing/yanking interact with the clipboard
      x-select-enable-clipboard t

      ;; I'm actually not sure what this does but it's recommended?
      x-select-enable-primary t

      ;; Save clipboard strings into kill ring before replacing them.
      ;; When one selects something in another program to paste it into Emacs,
      ;; but kills something in Emacs before actually pasting it,
      ;; this selection is gone unless this variable is non-nil
      save-interprogram-paste-before-kill t

      ;; Shows all options when running apropos. For more info,
      ;; https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Apropos.html
      apropos-do-all t

      ;; Mouse yank commands yank at point instead of at click.
      mouse-yank-at-point t)

;; No cursor blinking, it's distracting
(blink-cursor-mode 0)

;; full path in title bar
(setq-default frame-title-format "%b (%f)")

;; don't pop up font menu
(global-set-key (kbd "s-t") '(lambda () (interactive)))

;; no bell
(setq ring-bell-function 'ignore)