a minimal emacs setup

.emacs

(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables added by Custom.
 '(cua-mode t nil (cua-base))
 '(show-paren-mode t))
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces added by Custom.
 )
;; http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsCrashCode 
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode t)
(setq-default tab-width 2)
(global-linum-mode 1) 						; always show line numbers
(setq delete-by-moving-to-trash t) 			; deleting files goes to OS's trash folder
(setq shift-select-mode t) 					; “t” for true, “nil” for false
(delete-selection-mode 1) 					; make typing override text selection
(menu-bar-mode nil)							; No menu bar
(setq make-backup-files nil)				; No backup files ~
(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
(setq initial-scratch-message "TOBE: [Ninja | Pirate | Monkey | Robot | Cowboy]")