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(setq powerline-color1 "grey22")
(setq powerline-color2 "grey40")

;; Keep home clean ------------------------------------------
;; Place all backup copies of files in a common location
;; Original idea from https://shahinism.github.io/posts/blog13920125yn-ymkhs-dwst-dshtny-backuph-w-autosaveh.html
;; TODO: Fix path to point out to current emacs directory
(make-directory "~/.emacs.d/autosaves/" t)
(make-directory "~/.emacs.d/backups/" t)

(setq auto-save-file-name-transforms (quote ((".*" "~/.emacs.d/autosaves/\\1" t))))
(setq backup-by-copying-when-linked t) ; Copy linked files, don't rename.
(setq backup-directory-alist (quote ((".*" . "~/.emacs.d/backups/"))))
(setq desktop-base-file-name "emacs-desktop")
(setq desktop-base-lock-name "emacs-desktop-lock")
(setq desktop-recover-location user-emacs-directory)
(setq recentf-save-file (expand-file-name "recentf" user-emacs-directory))
(setq save-place-file (expand-file-name "saved-places" user-emacs-directory))
(setq smex-save-file (expand-file-name "smex-items" user-emacs-directory))
(setq tramp-auto-save-directory (expand-file-name "autosaves/" user-emacs-directory))


(provide 'kuso-base)