; this is for shells that set either delete or backspace
; as ctrl h use M-x help to get to help instead
(global-set-key "\C-h" 'backward-delete-char)
; set the tab width slightly smaller
(setq default-tab-width 4)
;; do not display a splash screen on startup for emacs 22
(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)

;; turn off menu bar in terminal
(if (not window-system)
(menu-bar-mode -1))