diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+**/**.**~
diff --git a/emacs/init.el b/emacs/init.el
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+(load-theme 'tango-dark t)
+
+;; -- paredit for lisps
+(autoload 'enable-paredit-mode "paredit"
+  "turn on pseudo-structural editing of lisp code"
+  t)
+(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook
+	  'enable-paredit-mode)
+(add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook
+	  'enable-paredit-mode)
+(add-hook 'eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook
+	  'enable-paredit-mode)
+(add-hook 'ielm-mode-hook
+	  'enable-paredit-mode)
+(add-hook 'lisp-interaction-mode-hook
+	  'enable-paredit-mode)
+(add-hook 'scheme-mode-hook
+	  'enable-paredit-mode)
+(add-hook 'racket-mode-hook
+	  'enable-paredit-mode)
+(add-hook 'clojure-mode-hook
+	  'enable-paredit-mode)
+
+;; -- cider repl
+;; REPL history file
+(setq cider-repl-history-file "~/.emacs.d/cider-history")
+;; nice pretty printing
+(setq cider-repl-use-pretty-printing t)
+;; nicer font lock in REPL
+(setq cider-repl-use-clojure-font-lock t)
+;; result prefix for the REPL
+(setq cider-repl-result-prefix ";; => ")
+;; never ending REPL history
+(setq cider-repl-wrap-history t)
+;; looong history
+(setq cider-repl-history-size 3000)
+;; eldoc for clojure
+(add-hook 'cider-mode-hook #'eldoc-mode)
+;; error buffer not popping up
+(setq cider-show-error-buffer nil)
+;; use paredit in cider
+(add-hook 'cider-repl-mode-hook
+	  'enable-paredit-mode)