   (exec-path-from-shell-initialize))
 
 ;; swap some keys on OS X
-(setq mac-command-modifier 'meta)
+(setq mac-command-modifier 'option)
 (setq mac-control-modifier 'control)
-(setq mac-option-modifier 'control)
+(setq mac-option-modifier 'meta)
+
+;; sane behavior for selected regions
+(delete-selection-mode 1)
+
+;; smoother scrolling
+(setq mouse-wheel-scroll-amount '(0.005))
 
 ;; turn of the menu bars
 (menu-bar-mode 0)

 '(custom-safe-themes
   (quote
    ("d677ef584c6dfc0697901a44b885cc18e206f05114c8a3b7fde674fce6180879" "8aebf25556399b58091e533e455dd50a6a9cba958cc4ebb0aab175863c25b9a4" default)))
 '(desktop-save-mode t))
(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.

 'csv-mode
 'gitconfig-mode
 'gitignore-mode
 'json-mode
 'markdown-mode
 'scss-mode
