 (tooltip-mode -1)                             ;; disable tooltips
 (menu-bar-mode -1)                            ;; disable menu bar
 (setq inhibit-startup-message t)              ;; hide the startup message
+(setq use-dialog-box nil)                     ;; ensure everything stays in the minibuffer
 
 ;; set initial and default frame size for emacs to be half the screen
 (if (display-graphic-p)

;; keep init.el clean
(setq custom-file (concat user-emacs-directory "custom.el"))
(load custom-file 'noerror)

      )

;; Sane defaults
(setq echo-keystrokes 0.1)                    ;; Show keystrokes asap
(setq initial-scratch-message nil)            ;; Clean scratch buffer
(setq initial-major-mode 'org-mode)           ;; Set scratch buffer to be org-mode
