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+;; Better buffer switching and file loading (load first in case we need the
+;; * Messages * buffer)
+(require 'ido)
+(setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)
+(ido-mode t)
+
+(require 'python-mode)
+(require 'ipython)
+(require 'show-wspace)
+(require 'mercurial)
+(require 'diff-mode-)
+(require 'midnight)
+
+(require 'clojure-auto)
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.clj$" . clojure-mode))
+
+(require 'textmate)
+(textmate-mode)
+(textmate-also-ignore "eggs|cover|daisy|.*.pyc")
+
+(require 'yaml-mode)
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.yml$" . yaml-mode))
+
+(require 'nose)