Add basic configurations

Signed-off-by: Richard Qin <richard.qin.x@gmail.com>

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+;;; init-defaults.el --- Basic Emacs settings -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2026 Richard Qin
+;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+;; Author: Richard Qin
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; Configure basic Emacs behavior and built-in features.
+;; Settings in this module are shared across the environment.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+;; ------------------------------------------------------------
+;; Startup
+;; ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+;; (setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
+
+
+;; ------------------------------------------------------------
+;; User interaction
+;; ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(setq use-short-answers t)
+
+(column-number-mode 1)
+
+(show-paren-mode 1)
+
+
+;; ------------------------------------------------------------
+;; Basic editing
+;; ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(delete-selection-mode 1)
+
+
+;; ------------------------------------------------------------
+;; History
+;; ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(setq savehist-file
+      (expand-file-name "var/savehist" user-emacs-directory))
+
+(setq save-place-file
+      (expand-file-name "var/places" user-emacs-directory))
+
+(savehist-mode 1)
+(save-place-mode 1)
+
+(provide 'init-defaults)
+
+;;; init-defaults.el ends here