.emacs configuration file is loaded by emacs editor when it starts.
Let's divide the .emacs configuration file into parts to describe it better:
Customized variables
Install user customizations of variable values specified in arguments.
(custom-set-variables ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom. ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful. ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance. ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right. '(column-number-mode t) '(desktop-save-mode t) '(display-battery-mode t) '(display-time-24hr-format t) '(display-time-day-and-date nil) '(display-time-mode t) '(fringe-mode 0 nil (fringe)) '(menu-bar-mode nil) '(network-speed-format-string " [%NI %AX %AB] ") ;; '(network-speed-interface-list (list "eth0" "eth1")) '(network-speed-interface-list (list "eth1")) '(network-speed-precision 1) '(network-speed-update-interval 2) ;; '(org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/task_list.org"))) '(scroll-bar-mode nil) '(size-indication-mode t) '(tool-bar-mode nil) '(tooltip-mode nil) '(w3m-session-load-last-sessions t))