Some init.el lines to confine various setting files to .emacs.d (given it's setup somewhere)

gistfile1.el

;; Recentf
(setq recentf-save-file (expand-file-name ".recentf" user-emacs-directory))
 
;; SKK
(setq skk-user-directory (expand-file-name (concat user-emacs-directory ".skk")))
 
;; Save point position between sessions
(require 'saveplace)
(setq-default save-place t)
(setq save-place-file (expand-file-name ".places" user-emacs-directory))
 
;; Write backup files to own directory
(setq backup-directory-alist
      `(("." . ,(expand-file-name
     (concat user-emacs-directory "backups")))))