ubuntu上的emacs定制

Question

hi im new to ubuntu and very very new to emacs I've installed them and happily editing files and doing all other things except for the emacs doesn't work for me the way it is supposed to. No syntax highlighting and code hinting and the awful color theme is hurting my eyes please help me configure it have been searching for this on google for about 10-15 hours and ended up instructions like this that i dont even understand :

(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/color-theme.el/file")
(require 'color-theme)
(eval-after-load "color-theme"
 '(progn
    (color-theme-initialize)
    (color-theme-hober)))

Answer 1

1. Add package repositories:

    (package-initialize) (add-to-list 'package-archives '("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/")) (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/")) 

2. Mx package-list-packages .

3. Select some theme, eg zenburn-theme (you can use Cs to search for it).
4. Mark for install with i and execute install with x .

5. Test this in *scratch*

    (require 'zenburn-theme) 

6. If you like it, add it permanently to ~/.emacs , otherwise keep browsing the repositories.