 ;;; Search certain paths to find files.
 (require 'ff-paths)
 (ff-paths-install)
-(defvar ff-paths-list-default `("$HOME/src//"))
+(defvar ff-paths-list-default `("~/src//"))
 (setq ff-paths-list
   '(("^\\." "~/")                       ; .* (dot) files in user's home
     ("\\.el$" load-path)                ; el extension in load-path elisp var

(add-hook 'find-file-hook 'whitespace-disable-for-some-files)

;;; If we do see tabs, they are 4 chars wide.
(setq default-tab-width 4)

;;; Scroll one line at a time instead of paging.
;;; Paging is what PgUp and PgDn are for.

;;; init.el --- emacs(1) config file

;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

;;;; Turn off tool bar early in startup to avoid momentary display.
(if (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode) (tool-bar-mode -1))

;;;; Configure some standard directory names.
;;; Determine the location of the .emacs.d directory.
(defvar emacs-d-directory (file-name-directory load-file-name))
;;; Location for state and cache files.
(defvar emacs-var-directory (expand-file-name "~/.var/emacs/"))
(make-directory emacs-var-directory t)  ;create it if it does not exist
(set-file-modes emacs-var-directory #o700)  ;and make it private

