diff --git a/editor-prelude.el b/editor-prelude.el
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+;; Emacs users obviously have little need for Command and Option keys,
+;; but they do need Meta and Super
+(when (string= system-type "darwin") 
+  (setq mac-command-modifier 'super)
+  (setq mac-option-modifier 'meta))
+
+;; Death to the tabs!
+(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
+
+;; delete the selection with a keypress
+(delete-selection-mode t)
+;; highlight when searching and replacing
+(setq search-highlight t                 
+      query-replace-highlight t)
+
+;; store all backup and autosave files in the tmp dir
+(setq backup-directory-alist
+      `((".*" . ,temporary-file-directory)))
+(setq auto-save-file-name-transforms
+      `((".*" ,temporary-file-directory t)))
+
+;; revert buffers automatically when underlying files are changed externally
+(global-auto-revert-mode t)
+
+;; hippie expand is dabbrev expand on steroids
+(setq hippie-expand-try-functions-list '(try-expand-dabbrev
+                                         try-expand-dabbrev-all-buffers
+                                         try-expand-dabbrev-from-kill
+                                         try-complete-file-name-partially
+                                         try-complete-file-name
+                                         try-expand-all-abbrevs
+                                         try-expand-list
+                                         try-expand-line
+                                         try-complete-lisp-symbol-partially
+                                         try-complete-lisp-symbol))
+
+;; meaningful names for buffers with the same name
+(require 'uniquify)
+(setq uniquify-buffer-name-style 'forward)
+(setq uniquify-separator "/")
+(setq uniquify-after-kill-buffer-p t)    ; rename after killing uniquified
+(setq uniquify-ignore-buffers-re "^\\*") ; don't muck with special buffers
+
+;; saveplace: save location in file when saving files
+(setq save-place-file "~/.emacs.d/saveplace")
+(setq-default save-place t)            ;; activate it for all buffers
+(require 'saveplace)                   ;; get the package
+
+;; savehist: save some history
+(setq savehist-additional-variables    ;; also save...
+      '(search ring regexp-search-ring)    ;; ... my search entries
+      savehist-autosave-interval 60        ;; save every minute (default: 5 min)
+      savehist-file (concat "~/.emacs.d" "/savehist"))   ;; keep my home clean
+(savehist-mode t)                      ;; do customization before activation
+
+;; save recent files
+(setq recentf-save-file (concat dotfiles-dir "recentf") ;; keep ~/ clean
+      recentf-max-saved-items 100          ;; max save 100
+      recentf-max-menu-items 15)         ;; max 15 in menu
+(recentf-mode t)                  ;; turn it on
+
+;; time-stamps
+;; when there's "Time-stamp: <>" in the first 10 lines of the file
+(setq
+ time-stamp-active t        ; do enable time-stamps
+ time-stamp-line-limit 10   ; check first 10 buffer lines for Time-stamp: <>
+ time-stamp-format "%04y-%02m-%02d %02H:%02M:%02S (%u)") ; date format
+(add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp) ; update when saving
+
+;; use shift + arrow keys to switch between visible buffers
+(require 'windmove)
+(windmove-default-keybindings 'super)
+
+;; show-paren-mode: subtle highlighting of matching parens
+(show-paren-mode t)
+(setq show-paren-style 'parenthesis)
+
+;; tramp, for sudo access
+(require 'tramp)
+;; keep in mind known issues with zsh - see emacs wiki
+(setq tramp-default-method "ssh")
+
+;; now we can use tramp to open files
+;; requiring root access
+(defun find-alternative-file-with-sudo ()
+  "Open current buffer as root!"
+  (interactive)
+  (when buffer-file-name
+    (find-alternate-file
+     sudo/su can be used as well, but they
+     do not work for me
+     (concat "/ssh:root@localhost:"
+             buffer-file-name))))
+
+;; ido-mode
+(ido-mode t)
+(setq ido-enable-prefix nil
+      ido-enable-flex-matching t
+      ido-create-new-buffer 'always
+      ido-use-filename-at-point 'guess
+      ido-max-prospects 10
+      ido-default-file-method 'selected-window)
+
+;; auto-completion in minibuffer
+(icomplete-mode +1)
+
+(set-default 'imenu-auto-rescan t)
+
+;; flyspell-mode
+(setq ispell-program-name "aspell" ; use aspell instead of ispell
+      ispell-extra-args '("--sug-mode=ultra"))
+(autoload 'flyspell-mode "flyspell" "On-the-fly spelling checker." t)
+(add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'turn-on-flyspell)
+(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-flyspell)
+
+(defun turn-on-flyspell ()
+  "Force flyspell-mode on using a positive argument.  For use in hooks."
+  (interactive)
+  (flyspell-mode 1))
+
+;; enable narrow to region
+(put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil)
+
+;; bookmarks
+(setq bookmark-default-file "~/.emacs.d/bookmarks" 
+      bookmark-save-flag 1)                        
+
+(provide 'editor-prelude)
diff --git a/global-keybindings-prelude.el b/global-keybindings-prelude.el
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+;; You know, like Readline.
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-M-h") 'backward-kill-word)
+
+;; Align your code in a pretty way.
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x \\") 'align-regexp)
+
+;; Perform general cleanup.
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c n") 'cleanup-buffer)
+
+;; Font size
+(define-key global-map (kbd "C-+") 'text-scale-increase)
+(define-key global-map (kbd "C--") 'text-scale-decrease)
+
+;; Jump to a definition in the current file. (This is awesome.)
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-i") 'ido-goto-symbol)
+
+;; File finding
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x M-f") 'ido-find-file-other-window)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-M-f") 'projectile-jump-to-project-file)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x f") 'recentf-ido-find-file)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c r") 'bury-buffer)
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-`") 'file-cache-minibuffer-complete)
+
+;; Window switching. (C-x o goes to the next window)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x O") (lambda ()
+                                (interactive)
+                                (other-window -1))) ;; back one
+
+;; Indentation help
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x ^") 'join-line)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-M-\\") 'indent-region-or-buffer)
+
+;; Start proced in a similar manner to dired
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x p") 'proced)
+
+;; Start eshell or switch to it if it's active.
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x m") 'eshell)
+
+;; Start a new eshell even if one is active.
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x M") (lambda () (interactive) (eshell t)))
+
+;; Start a regular shell if you prefer that.
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x M-m") 'shell)
+
+;; If you want to be able to M-x without meta
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-m") 'execute-extended-command)
+
+;; Fetch the contents at a URL, display it raw.
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-h") 'view-url)
+
+;; A complementary binding to the apropos-command(C-h a)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-h A") 'apropos)
+
+;; Should be able to eval-and-replace anywhere.
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c e") 'eval-and-replace)
+
+;; Magit rules!
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x g") 'magit-status)
+
+;; Activate occur easily inside isearch
+(define-key isearch-mode-map (kbd "C-o")
+  (lambda () (interactive)
+    (let ((case-fold-search isearch-case-fold-search))
+      (occur (if isearch-regexp
+                 isearch-string
+               (regexp-quote isearch-string))))))
+
+;; cycle through buffers
+(global-set-key (kbd "<C-tab>") 'bury-buffer)
+
+;; use hippie-expand instead of dabbrev
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-/") 'hippie-expand)
+
+;; spell check Bulgarian text
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c B")
+                (lambda()(interactive)
+                  (ispell-change-dictionary "bulgarian")
+                  (flyspell-buffer)))
+
+;; replace buffer-menu with ibuffer
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-b") 'ibuffer)
+
+;; interactive text replacement
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-r") 'iedit-mode)
+
+;; swap windows
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c s") 'swap-windows)
+
+;; duplicate the current line or region
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c d") 'duplicate-current-line-or-region)
+
+;; rename buffer & visited file
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c r") 'rename-file-and-buffer)
+
+;; open an ansi-term buffer
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x t") 'visit-term-buffer)
+
+;; toggle input method
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-\\") 'toggle-bulgarian-input-method)
+
+;; search with google
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c g") 'google)
+
+;; toggle menu-bar visibility
+(global-set-key (kbd "<f12>") 'menu-bar-mode)
+
+;; real Emacs hackers don't use the arrow keys
+(global-set-key (kbd "<up>") (lambda () 
+                               (interactive) 
+                               (message "Arrow key navigation is disabled. Use C-p instead.")))
+(global-set-key (kbd "<down>") (lambda ()
+                                 (interactive)
+                                 (message "Arrow key navigation is disabled. Use C-n instead.")))
+(global-set-key (kbd "<left>") (lambda ()
+                                 (interactive)
+                                 (message "Arrow key navigation is disabled. Use C-b instead.")))
+(global-set-key (kbd "<right>") (lambda () 
+                                  (interactive)
+                                  (message "Arrow key navigation is disabled. Use C-f instead.")))
+
+(provide 'global-keybindings-prelude)
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
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+(require 'ui-prelude)
+(require 'packages-prelude)
+(require 'core-prelude)
+(require 'editor-prelude)
diff --git a/packages-prelude.el b/packages-prelude.el
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+(when (not package-archive-contents)
+  (package-refresh-contents))
+
+(defvar prelude-packages '(auctex clojure-mode coffee-mode gist haml-mode
+                                  haskell-mode magit markdown-mode paredit
+                                  sass-mode yasnippet)
+  "A list of packages to ensure are installed at launch.")
+
+(dolist (p prelude-packages)
+  (when (not (package-installed-p p))
+    (package-install p)))
+
+(provide 'packages-prelude)
diff --git a/themes/zenburn-theme.el b/themes/zenburn-theme.el
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+++ b/themes/zenburn-theme.el
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+;;; zenburn-theme.el --- A low contrast color theme for Emacs.
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2011 Bozhidar Batsov
+
+;; Author: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar.batsov@gmail.com>
+;; URL: http://github.com/bbatsov/zenburn-emacs
+;; Version: 0.1
+
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;
+;; A port of the popular Vim theme Zenburn for Emacs 24, built on top of
+;; the new built-in theme support in Emacs 24. There exists one other version of the
+;; theme by Daniel Brockman. My version was originally based on it,
+;; but it was in such a disarray, that I decided to rewrite it from
+;; scratch in a more maintainable manner (hopefully).
+;;
+;;; Installation:
+;;
+;;   Drop the theme in a folder that is on `custom-theme-load-path'
+;; and enjoy!
+;;
+;; Don't forget that the theme requires Emacs 24.
+;;
+;;; Bugs
+;;
+;; None that I'm aware of.
+;;
+;;; Credits
+;;
+;; Jani Nurminen created the original theme for vim on such this port
+;; is based.
+;;
+;;; Code
+(deftheme zenburn "The Zenburn color theme")
+
+(let ((class '((class color) (min-colors 89)))
+      ;; Zenburn palette
+      ;; colors with +x are lighter, colors with -x are darker
+      (zenburn-fg "#dcdccc")
+      (zenburn-fg-1 "#656555")
+      (zenburn-bg-2 "#1f1f1f")
+      (zenburn-bg-1 "#2b2b2b")
+      (zenburn-bg-05 "#383838")
+      (zenburn-bg "#3f3f3f")
+      (zenburn-bg+1 "#4f4f4f")
+      (zenburn-bg+2 "#5f5f5f")
+      (zenburn-red+1 "#dca3a3")
+      (zenburn-red "#cc9393")
+      (zenburn-red-1 "#bc8383")
+      (zenburn-red-2 "#ac7373")
+      (zenburn-red-3 "#9c6363")
+      (zenburn-red-4 "#8c5353")
+      (zenburn-orange "#dfaf8f")
+      (zenburn-yellow "#f0dfaf")
+      (zenburn-yellow-1 "#e0cf9f")
+      (zenburn-yellow-2 "#d0bf8f")
+      (zenburn-green-1 "#5f7f5f")
+      (zenburn-green "#7f9f7f")
+      (zenburn-green+1 "#8fb28f")
+      (zenburn-green+2 "#9fc59f")
+      (zenburn-green+3 "#afd8af")
+      (zenburn-green+4 "#bfebbf")
+      (zenburn-cyan "#93e0e3")
+      (zenburn-blue+1 "#94bff3")
+      (zenburn-blue "#8cd0d3")
+      (zenburn-blue-1 "#7cb8bb")
+      (zenburn-blue-2 "#6ca0a3")
+      (zenburn-blue-3 "#5c888b")
+      (zenburn-blue-4 "#4c7073")
+      (zenburn-blue-5 "#366060")
+      (zenburn-magenta "#dc8cc3"))
+  (custom-theme-set-faces
+   'zenburn
+   '(button ((t (:underline t))))
+   `(link ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :underline t :weight bold))))
+   `(link-visited ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-2 :underline t :weight normal))))
+
+   ;;; define some reusable zenburn faces that we can inherit from afterwards
+   `(zenburn-strong-1-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(zenburn-strong-2-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+   `(zenburn-warning-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+   `(zenburn-error-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+
+   ;;; basic coloring
+   `(default ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg :background ,zenburn-bg))))
+   `(cursor ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(escape-glyph-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(fringe ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg :background ,zenburn-bg+1))))
+   `(header-line ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :background ,zenburn-bg-2))))
+   `(highlight ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg-05))))
+
+   ;;; compilation
+   `(compilation-column-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(compilation-enter-directory-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(compilation-error-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+   `(compilation-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(compilation-info-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(compilation-info ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+4 :underline t))))
+   `(compilation-leave-directory-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(compilation-line-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(compilation-line-number ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(compilation-message-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(compilation-warning-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+
+   ;;; grep
+   `(grep-context-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(grep-error-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+   `(grep-hit-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(grep-match-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+   `(match ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg-1 :foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+
+   ;; faces used by isearch
+   `(isearch ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :background ,zenburn-bg-1))))
+   `(isearch-fail ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg :background ,zenburn-red-4))))
+   `(lazy-highlight ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :background ,zenburn-bg+2))))
+
+   `(menu ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg :background ,zenburn-bg))))
+   `(minibuffer-prompt ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(mode-line
+     ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+1 :background ,zenburn-bg-1))))
+   `(mode-line-buffer-id ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(mode-line-inactive
+     ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green-1  :background ,zenburn-bg-1))))
+   `(region ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg-1))))
+   `(secondary-selection ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg+2))))
+   `(trailing-whitespace ((,class (:background ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(vertical-border ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+
+   ;;; font lock
+   `(font-lock-builtin-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(font-lock-comment-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(font-lock-comment-delimiter-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(font-lock-constant-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+4))))
+   `(font-lock-doc-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+1))))
+   `(font-lock-doc-string-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue+1))))
+   `(font-lock-function-name-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(font-lock-keyword-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(font-lock-negation-char-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(font-lock-preprocessor-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(font-lock-string-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(font-lock-type-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(font-lock-variable-name-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange))))
+   `(font-lock-warning-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+
+   ;;; external
+
+   ;; diff
+   `(diff-added ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+4))))
+   `(diff-changed ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(diff-removed ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(diff-header ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg+1))))
+   `(diff-file-header
+     ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg+2 :foreground ,zenburn-fg :bold t))))
+
+   ;; eshell
+   `(eshell-prompt ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(eshell-ls-archive ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1 :weight bold))))
+   `(eshell-ls-backup ((,class (:inherit font-lock-comment))))
+   `(eshell-ls-clutter ((,class (:inherit font-lock-comment))))
+   `(eshell-ls-directory ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue+1 :weight bold))))
+   `(eshell-ls-executable ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red+1 :weight bold))))
+   `(eshell-ls-unreadable ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(eshell-ls-missing ((,class (:inherit font-lock-warning))))
+   `(eshell-ls-product ((,class (:inherit font-lock-doc))))
+   `(eshell-ls-special ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(eshell-ls-symlink ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-cyan :weight bold))))
+
+   ;; flymake
+   `(flymake-errline ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+   `(flymake-warnline ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+
+   ;; flyspell
+   `(flyspell-duplicate ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+   `(flyspell-incorrect ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1 :weight bold :underline t))))
+
+   ;; erc
+   `(erc-action-face ((,class (:inherit erc-default-face))))
+   `(erc-bold-face ((,class (:weight bold))))
+   `(erc-current-nick-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue :weight bold))))
+   `(erc-dangerous-host-face ((,class (:inherit font-lock-warning))))
+   `(erc-default-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(erc-direct-msg-face ((,class (:inherit erc-default))))
+   `(erc-error-face ((,class (:inherit font-lock-warning))))
+   `(erc-fool-face ((,class (:inherit erc-default))))
+   `(erc-highlight-face ((,class (:inherit hover-highlight))))
+   `(erc-input-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(erc-keyword-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue :weight bold))))
+   `(erc-nick-default-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(erc-my-nick-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red :weigth bold))))
+   `(erc-nick-msg-face ((,class (:inherit erc-default))))
+   `(erc-notice-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(erc-pal-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+   `(erc-prompt-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+   `(erc-timestamp-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+1))))
+   `(erc-underline-face ((t (:underline t))))
+
+   ;; gnus
+   `(gnus-group-mail-1-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-mail-1-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-1-empty-face ((,class (:inherit gnus-group-news-1-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-2-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-mail-2-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-2-empty-face ((,class (:inherit gnus-group-news-2-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-3-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-mail-3-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-3-empty-face ((,class (:inherit gnus-group-news-3-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-4-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-mail-4-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-4-empty-face ((,class (:inherit gnus-group-news-4-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-5-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-mail-5-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-5-empty-face ((,class (:inherit gnus-group-news-5-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-6-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-mail-6-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-6-empty-face ((,class (:inherit gnus-group-news-6-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-low-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-mail-low-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-mail-low-empty-face ((,class (:inherit gnus-group-news-low-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-1-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-news-1-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-2-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-news-2-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-3-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-news-3-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-4-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-news-4-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-5-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-news-5-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-6-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-news-6-empty))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-low-face ((,class (:bold t :inherit gnus-group-news-low-empty))))
+   `(gnus-header-content-face ((,class (:inherit message-header-other))))
+   `(gnus-header-from-face ((,class (:inherit message-header-from))))
+   `(gnus-header-name-face ((,class (:inherit message-header-name))))
+   `(gnus-header-newsgroups-face ((,class (:inherit message-header-other))))
+   `(gnus-header-subject-face ((,class (:inherit message-header-subject))))
+   `(gnus-summary-cancelled-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange))))
+   `(gnus-summary-high-ancient-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(gnus-summary-high-read-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green :weight bold))))
+   `(gnus-summary-high-ticked-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+   `(gnus-summary-high-unread-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg :weight bold))))
+   `(gnus-summary-low-ancient-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(gnus-summary-low-read-face ((t (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(gnus-summary-low-ticked-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+   `(gnus-summary-low-unread-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(gnus-summary-normal-ancient-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(gnus-summary-normal-read-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(gnus-summary-normal-ticked-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+   `(gnus-summary-normal-unread-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(gnus-summary-selected-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(gnus-cite-1-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(gnus-cite-10-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-1))))
+   `(gnus-cite-11-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(gnus-cite-2-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-1))))
+   `(gnus-cite-3-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-2))))
+   `(gnus-cite-4-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+2))))
+   `(gnus-cite-5-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+1))))
+   `(gnus-cite-6-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(gnus-cite-7-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(gnus-cite-8-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1))))
+   `(gnus-cite-9-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-2))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-1-empty-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-2-empty-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+3))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-3-empty-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+1))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-4-empty-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-2))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-5-empty-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-3))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-6-empty-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-bg+2))))
+   `(gnus-group-news-low-empty-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-bg+2))))
+   `(gnus-signature-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(gnus-x-face ((,class (:background ,zenburn-fg :foreground ,zenburn-bg))))
+
+   ;; hl-line-mode
+   `(hl-line-face ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg-1))))
+
+   ;; ido-mode
+   `(ido-first-match ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(ido-only-match ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+   `(ido-subdir ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+
+   ;; linum-mode
+   `(linum ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg-1 :background ,zenburn-bg-1))))
+
+   ;; magit
+   `(magit-section-title ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(magit-branch ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+
+   ;; message-mode
+   `(message-cited-text-face ((,class (:inherit font-lock-comment))))
+   `(message-header-name-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+1))))
+   `(message-header-other-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(message-header-to-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(message-header-from-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(message-header-cc-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(message-header-newsgroups-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(message-header-subject-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange :weight bold))))
+   `(message-header-xheader-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(message-mml-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow :weight bold))))
+   `(message-separator-face ((,class (:inherit font-lock-comment))))
+
+   ;; mew
+   `(mew-face-header-subject ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange))))
+   `(mew-face-header-from ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(mew-face-header-date ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(mew-face-header-to ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(mew-face-header-key ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(mew-face-header-private ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(mew-face-header-important ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(mew-face-header-marginal ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg :weight bold))))
+   `(mew-face-header-warning ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(mew-face-header-xmew ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(mew-face-header-xmew-bad ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(mew-face-body-url ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange))))
+   `(mew-face-body-comment ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg :slant italic))))
+   `(mew-face-body-cite1 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(mew-face-body-cite2 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(mew-face-body-cite3 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange))))
+   `(mew-face-body-cite4 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(mew-face-body-cite5 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(mew-face-mark-review ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(mew-face-mark-escape ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(mew-face-mark-delete ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(mew-face-mark-unlink ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(mew-face-mark-refile ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(mew-face-mark-unread ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-2))))
+   `(mew-face-eof-message ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(mew-face-eof-part ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+
+   ;; nav
+   `(nav-face-heading ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(nav-face-button-num ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-cyan))))
+   `(nav-face-dir ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(nav-face-hdir ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(nav-face-file ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(nav-face-hfile ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-4))))
+
+   ;; org-mode
+   `(org-agenda-date-today
+     ((,class (:foreground "white" :slant italic :weight bold))) t)
+   `(org-agenda-structure
+     ((,class (:inherit font-lock-comment-face))))
+   `(org-archived ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg :weight bold))))
+   `(org-checkbox ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg+2 :foreground "white"
+                                   :box (:line-width 1 :style released-button)))))
+   `(org-date ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue :underline t))))
+   `(org-deadline-announce ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1))))
+   `(org-done ((,class (:bold t :weight bold :foreground ,zenburn-green+3))))
+   `(org-formula ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-2))))
+   `(org-headline-done ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+3))))
+   `(org-hide ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-bg-1))))
+   `(org-level-1 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange))))
+   `(org-level-2 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+1))))
+   `(org-level-3 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-1))))
+   `(org-level-4 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-2))))
+   `(org-level-5 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-cyan))))
+   `(org-level-6 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green-1))))
+   `(org-level-7 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-4))))
+   `(org-level-8 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-4))))
+   `(org-link ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-2 :underline t))))
+   `(org-scheduled ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+4))))
+   `(org-scheduled-previously ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-4))))
+   `(org-scheduled-today ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue+1))))
+   `(org-special-keyword ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-1))))
+   `(org-table ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+2))))
+   `(org-tag ((,class (:bold t :weight bold))))
+   `(org-time-grid ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange))))
+   `(org-todo ((,class (:bold t :foreground ,zenburn-red :weight bold))))
+   `(org-upcoming-deadline ((,class (:inherit font-lock-keyword-face))))
+   `(org-warning ((,class (:bold t :foreground ,zenburn-red :weight bold))))
+
+   ;; outline
+   `(outline-8 ((,class (:inherit default))))
+   `(outline-7 ((,class (:inherit outline-8 :height 1.0))))
+   `(outline-6 ((,class (:inherit outline-7 :height 1.0))))
+   `(outline-5 ((,class (:inherit outline-6 :height 1.0))))
+   `(outline-4 ((,class (:inherit outline-5 :height 1.0))))
+   `(outline-3 ((,class (:inherit outline-4 :height 1.0))))
+   `(outline-2 ((,class (:inherit outline-3 :height 1.0))))
+   `(outline-1 ((,class (:inherit outline-2 :height 1.0))))
+
+   ;; rainbow-delimiters
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-1-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-cyan))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-2-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-3-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue+1))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-4-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red+1))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-5-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-6-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-1))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-7-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+4))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-8-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-3))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-9-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow-2))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-10-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+2))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-11-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue+1))))
+   `(rainbow-delimiters-depth-12-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-4))))
+
+   ;; rpm-mode
+   `(rpm-spec-dir-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(rpm-spec-doc-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(rpm-spec-ghost-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(rpm-spec-macro-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(rpm-spec-obsolete-tag-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(rpm-spec-package-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(rpm-spec-section-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(rpm-spec-tag-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(rpm-spec-var-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+
+   ;; show-paren
+   `(show-paren-mismatch ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-3 :weight bold))))
+   `(show-paren-match ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-1 :weight bold))))
+
+   ;; SLIME
+   `(slime-repl-inputed-output-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+
+   ;; wanderlust
+   `(wl-highlight-folder-few-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-2))))
+   `(wl-highlight-folder-many-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1))))
+   `(wl-highlight-folder-path-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-orange))))
+   `(wl-highlight-folder-unread-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(wl-highlight-folder-zero-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(wl-highlight-folder-unknown-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-citation-header ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-1))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-cited-text-1 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-cited-text-2 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+2))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-cited-text-3 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-cited-text-4 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue+1))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-header-contents-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-headers-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red+1))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-important-header-contents ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+2))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-header-contents ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+1))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-important-header-contents2 ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green+2))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-signature ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-green))))
+   `(wl-highlight-message-unimportant-header-contents ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(wl-highlight-summary-answered-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(wl-highlight-summary-disposed-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg
+                                                         :slant italic))))
+   `(wl-highlight-summary-new-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue))))
+   `(wl-highlight-summary-normal-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(wl-highlight-summary-thread-top-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-yellow))))
+   `(wl-highlight-thread-indent-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-magenta))))
+   `(wl-highlight-summary-refiled-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-fg))))
+   `(wl-highlight-summary-displaying-face ((,class (:underline t :weight bold))))))
+
+(custom-theme-set-variables
+ 'zenburn
+ '(ansi-color-names-vector [zenburn-bg zenburn-red zenburn-green zenburn-yellow
+                                       zenburn-blue zenburn-magenta zenburn-cyan zenburn-fg]))
+
+(provide-theme 'zenburn)
+
+;; Local Variables:
+;; no-byte-compile: t
+;; End:
+
+;;; zenburn-theme.el ends here.
diff --git a/ui-prelude.el b/ui-prelude.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..424bf6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-prelude.el
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+;; the toolbar is just a waste of valuable screen estate
+(tool-bar-mode -1)
+;; the menu bar is mostly useless as well
+;; but removing it under OS X doesn't make much sense
+(unless (string= system-type "darwin")
+  (menu-bar-mode -1))
+;; the blinking cursor is nothing, but an annoyance
+(blink-cursor-mode -1)
+
+;; disable startup screen
+(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
+
+;; nice scrolling
+(setq scroll-margin 0
+      scroll-conservatively 100000
+      scroll-preserve-screen-position 1)
+
+;; mode line settings
+(line-number-mode t)                    
+(column-number-mode t)                  
+(size-indication-mode t)                
+
+;; enable y/n answers
+(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
+
+;; custom Emacs 24 color themes support
+(add-to-list 'custom-theme-load-path (concat dotfiles-dir "themes/"))
+(load-theme 'zenburn t)
+
+(provide 'ui-prelude)