Emacs common commands and configuration

Some of my .emacs customization:

Hide Emacs toolbar:

;;hide emacs toolbar
(tool-bar-mode 0)

Highlight selection:

;;highlight selection
(transient-mark-mode t)

Set major mode to shell scripting

M-x shell-script-mode

Run an emacs lisp program in the *scratch* buffer

In *scratch*, type (+ 1 1 )
Then, do: C-x C-e

~ts