my emacs init.el

init.el

(setq
 elisp-path "~/.emacs.d/"
 vendor-path "~/.emacs.d/vendor/")

;; Default Text Mode stuff
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)
(setq initial-scratch-message nil)
(setq make-backup-files nil)
(setq-default save-place t)

;; Forward delete
(global-set-key [kp-delete] 'delete-char)

;; I'm a Ruby fascist - 2 space indent, no tabs
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(setq standard-indent 2)

(setq-default show-trailing-whitespace 1)

;;highlight current line
(global-hl-line-mode -1)
;; initialize Ido Mode
 (require 'ido)
 (ido-mode t)

;; initialize Color Theme
(add-to-list 'load-path(concat vendor-path "color-theme"))
 (require 'color-theme)
 (color-theme-initialize)
 (color-theme-dark-laptop)

;; initialize Textmate.el
(add-to-list 'load-path(concat vendor-path "textmate"))
 (require 'textmate)
 (textmate-mode)

(add-to-list 'load-path(concat vendor-path "yasnippet"))
 (require 'yasnippet) ;; not yasnippet-bundle
 (yas/initialize)
 (setq yas/root-directory (concat vendor-path "yasnippet/snippets"))
 (yas/load-directory yas/root-directory)
 (setq yas/global-mode 1)

;; Initialise rinari
(add-to-list 'load-path(concat vendor-path "rinari"))
 (require 'rinari)

;; loading custom emacs functions
(load "~/.emacs.d/personal/functions")

;; how to get less files highlighted in the same manner as css
(setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.less$" . css-mode) auto-mode-alist))

;; how to get less files to compile to css format on save
(defun compile-less-css ()
  "Compile LESS to CSS"
  (interactive)
  (if (string-match "\.less$" (buffer-file-name))
      (async-shell-command (concat "lessc " (buffer-file-name)) nil nil)))
(add-hook 'after-save-hook 'compile-less-css)

;; add hook for using linum-mode only in ruby-mode
(add-hook 'ruby-mode-hook 'linum-mode)
;; Add line numbering for HTML mode
(add-hook 'html-mode-hook 'linum-mode)
;; Add line numbering in CSS mode
(add-hook 'css-mode-hook 'linum-mode)