I saw Andrew Hyatt post on Google+:
From the emacs-devel list comes a query for builtin packages that would be useful to enable by default. They are interested in getting feedback from the community. If you have a builtin package you think should be enabled by default, add a comment, and we circulate this back to the emacs-devel list.
Check it out via Gmane, and now a survey on Emacs Wiki.
I skimmed my `~/.emacs` and looked at all the little settings I think would make better defaults... For the complete file, see my current config file for Emacs on Windows.
my current config file for Emacs on Windows
(show-paren-mode 1)
(winner-mode 1)
(windmove-default-keybindings)
(column-number-mode 1)
(savehist-mode 1)
(iswitchb-mode 1)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-b") 'bs-show)
(require 'dired-x)
(setq dired-recursive-deletes 'top
dired-recursive-copies 'top
dired-dwim-target t)
(setq sentence-end-double-space nil)
(dolist (hook '(emacs-lisp-mode-hook
lisp-mode-hook
rcirc-mode
change-log-mode
texinfo-mode-hook))
(add-hook hook (lambda ()
(eldoc-mode 1)
(set (make-local-variable 'sentence-end-double-space) t))))
(setq eshell-save-history-on-exit t)
(setq cperl-hairy t
cperl-electric-parens 'null)
(add-hook 'cperl-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(local-set-key (kbd "C-h f") 'cperl-perldoc)))
(add-hook 'rcirc-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(rcirc-track-minor-mode 1)))
(defun describe-hash (variable &optional buffer)
"Display the full documentation of VARIABLE (a symbol).
Returns the documentation as a string, also.
If VARIABLE has a buffer-local value in BUFFER (default to the current buffer),
it is displayed along with the global value."
(interactive
(let ((v (variable-at-point))
(enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
val)
(setq val (completing-read
(if (and (symbolp v)
(hash-table-p (symbol-value v)))
(format
"Describe hash-map (default %s): " v)
"Describe hash-map: ")
obarray
(lambda (atom) (and (boundp atom)
(hash-table-p (symbol-value atom))))
t nil nil
(if (hash-table-p v) (symbol-name v))))
(list (if (equal val "")
v (intern val)))))
(with-output-to-temp-buffer (help-buffer)
(maphash (lambda (key value)
(pp key)
(princ " => ")
(pp value)
(terpri))
(symbol-value variable))))
(define-key isearch-mode-map (kbd "C-h") 'isearch-highlight-phrase)
(put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil)
(put 'not-modified 'disabled t)
(put 'upcase-region 'disabled nil)
(put 'downcase-region 'disabled nil)
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