user.el

(defgroup user-variables nil "User variables.")

(defcustom user-notes-file "~/Documents/notes.org" "File for user's notes." :group 'user-variables)
(defcustom user-journal-file "~/Documents/journal.org" "File for user's journal." :group 'user-variables)
(defcustom user-journal-directory "~/Documents/.journal/" "Directory for user's journal files." :group 'user-variables)
(defcustom user-archive-file "~/Documents/.archive.org" "Directory for archiving user's completed tasks." :group 'user-variables)
(defcustom user-home-directory "~/" "User home directory." :group 'user-variables)
(defcustom user-documents-directory "~/Documents/" "User documents directory." :group 'user-variables)

(when (display-graphic-p)
  ;; (load-theme 'tango)
  (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 90))

;; (menu-bar-mode -1)
(tool-bar-mode -1)
;; (scroll-bar-mode -1)
(size-indication-mode nil)
(blink-cursor-mode -1)
(tooltip-mode -1)
(set-fringe-mode '(1 . 0))

(add-hook 'text-mode-hook #'turn-on-visual-line-mode)

(setq visual-line-fringe-indicators '(left-curly-arrow nil))

(toggle-indicate-empty-lines)

(setq inhibit-startup-message t
      inhibit-startup-echo-area-message t
      mouse-yank-at-point t
      completion-ignore t
      line-number-mode nil
      column-number-mode nil
      size-indication-mode nil
      read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t
      auto-compression-mode t
      message-log-max 500
      suggest-key-bindings nil
      confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer nil)

(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
(file-name-shadow-mode 1)
(delete-selection-mode 1)
(cua-mode 1)

(set-language-environment "UTF-8")

(require 'package)

(package-initialize)

(setq load-prefer-new t)

(setq package-archives '(("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")
			 ("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))

(defun install-packages (&rest packages)
  (mapcar
   #'(lambda (package)
       (if (package-installed-p packages)
	   nil
	 (if (y-or-n-p (format "Package %s is missing. Install it? " package))
	     (package-install package)
	   package)))
   packages))

(install-packages 'smex 'smart-mode-line 'org-journal 'undo-tree)

(require 'recentf)

(setq recentf-save-file (expand-file-name (concat user-emacs-directory "recent-files"))
      recentf-max-saved-items 500
      recentf-max-menuu-items 25)

(recentf-mode t)

(require 'ido)

(ido-mode 'both)

(setq ido-enable-flex-matchinq t
      ido-enable-regexp t
      ido-use-virtual-buffers t
      ido-create-new-buffer 'always
      ido-ignore-extensions t
      ido-case-fold t
      ido-max-work-directory-list 500
      ido-max-work-file-list 500
      ido-max-prospects 7
      ido-work-directory-list-file (expand-file-name (concat user-emacs-directory "ido-cache"))
      ido-work-directory-list `(,(expand-file-name user-home-directory)
				,(expand-file-name user-documents-directory))
      ido-show-dot-for-dired t)

(require 'flyspell)

(setq flyspell-issue-welcome-flag nil)

(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-flyspell)

(require 'ispell)

(setq ispell-program-name "aspell")

(require 'org)

(setq org-return-follows-link t
      org-completion-use-ido t
      org-outline-path-complete-in-steps t
      org-footnote-auto-adjust t
      org-directory (expand-file-name user-documents-directory)
      org-default-notes-file (expand-file-name user-notes-file)
      org-archive-location (expand-file-name (concat user-archive-file "::* Archives"))
      org-agenda-files `(,(expand-file-name user-notes-file)
			 ,(expand-file-name user-journal-file))
      org-hide-emphasis-markers t)

(defun custom-org-mode-keybindings ()
  (global-set-key (kbd "C-c a") #'org-agenda)
  (global-set-key (kbd "C-c c") #'org-capture))

(defun custom-org-mode ()
  (org-toggle-pretty-entities)
  (imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu")
  (custom-org-mode-keybindings))

(add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'custom-org-mode)

(require 'smex)

(setq smex-save-file (concat user-emacs-directory "smex-items"))

(smex-initialize)

(require 'smart-mode-line)

(sml/setup)

(require 'org-journal)

(setq org-journal-dir user-journal-directory)

(require 'undo-tree)

(global-undo-tree-mode)

(require 'ibuffer)

(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-b") #'ibuffer)