Move non-config files out of .emacs.d

Most of them were moved to ~/.cache/emacs.
Hopefully soon emacs will be able to use ~/.config/emacs as well.

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-auto-save-list
-_backups
-%backup%~
-saveplace
 tramp
-*~

init.el

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ;; .emacs
 
+; To set this up,
+; mkdir -p ~/.cache/emacs{,backups,auto-save-list}
+
 ;; set up load path
 (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d")
 
@@ -27,7 +30,11 @@
 
 ;; make all backups in a single directory
 (setq backup-directory-alist
-      `(("." . ,(expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/_backups"))))
+      `(("." . ,(expand-file-name "~/.cache/emacs/backups"))))
+
+;; record auto-save-list in the cache directory
+(setq auto-save-list-file-prefix
+      (expand-file-name "~/.cache/emacs/auto-save-list/"))
 
 ;; make the font a bit bigger
 (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 110)
@@ -47,7 +54,7 @@
 ;; (if (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode) (scroll-bar-mode -1))
 
 ;; remember the previous place in visited buffers
-(setq save-place-file "~/.emacs.d/saveplace") ;; keep my ~/ clean
+(setq save-place-file "~/.cache/emacs/saveplace") ;; keep my ~/ clean
 (setq-default save-place t)                   ;; activate it for all buffers
 (require 'saveplace)                          ;; get the package
 

other.el

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 ;; ido makes competing buffers and finding files easier
 ;; http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/InteractivelyDoThings
 (require 'ido) 
+(setq ido-save-directory-list-file "~/.cache/emacs/ido.last")
 ;; more flexible matching
 (setq  ido-enable-flex-matching t)
 (setq ido-file-extensions-order '(".c" ".cpp" ".py" ".java"))
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 
 
 (require 'recentf)
+(setq recentf-save-file (recentf-expand-file-name "~/.cache/emacs/recentf"))
 
 ;; bind recent file open to F7
 (global-set-key (kbd "<f7>") 'ido-recentf-open)