 
 ;;; Base Behavior
 ;; Never insert tabs automatically
-(setq-default indent-tabs-mode 'nil)
+(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
 
 ;; Default to 2 spaces
 (setq-default c-basic-offset 2)

;; Show bad whitespace
(global-whitespace-mode 1)
(setq-default whitespace-style '(face
                                 tabs
                                 trailing
                                 lines-tail
                                 empty
                                 indentation

(setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . "~/.emacs.d/backup"))
      backup-by-copying t   ; Don't delink hardlinks
      version-control t     ; Use version numbers on backups
      delete-old-versions t ; Automatically delete excess backups
      kept-new-versions 20  ; how many of the newest versions to keep
      kept-old-versions 5   ; and how many of the old
      )
