   ;; even at 99, it's too transparent
   ;; (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist
   ;;              '(alpha my:default-opacity my:default-opacity))
+  ;;
+  ;; disable menu bar
+  ;; see http://emacswiki.org/emacs/MenuBar#toc1
+  (menu-bar-mode -1)
   (set-frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'alpha '(96 96))
   (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(alpha 96 96))
   ;; ok, that works (for some reason, reloading .emacs didn't actually reset

(require 'eagle-ul-mode)

;;;; Org Mode ;;;;

;; C-c . isn't working for org-time-stamp (shadowed by another mode, yet 
;; attempting to find which mode has been pretty fruitless), so I'm going to

;; really serious scripts yet; I just wanted to have a decent Julia lang REPL
;; going on for me)
;;;;; /TODOs ;;;;;;

;;;; installed packages -- last updated 2015-07-25


;; turn off welcome screen
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)
