Occasionally people ask to see my .emacs file. This always throws me for a sec. It feels like they've asked if they can take a peek at my Linux file, or my Windows file. The question doesn't make sense at first, until I remember that it's a perfectly natural question if you haven't really grasped the Zen of Emacs. http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/my-dot-emacs-file