Mostly readme updates; a few other small tweaks.

.gitignore

@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ auto-save-list
 places
 url/cookies
 elpa-to-submit/jabber/jabber.info
+thumbs/*
+oddmuse/*

README.markdown

@@ -2,7 +2,17 @@
 
 This should provide a saner set of defaults than you get normally with
 Emacs. It's intended for beginners, but it should provide a reasonable
-working environment for anyone using Emacs for dynamic languages.
+working environment for anyone using Emacs for dynamic languages. The
+main advantage of the Starter Kit is that it provides better default
+settings and bundles many useful libraries.
+
+## Learning
+
+This won't teach you Emacs, but it'll make it easier to get
+comfortable. To access the tutorial, press control-h followed by t.
+
+You may also find the [PeepCode Meet Emacs
+screencast](http://peepcode.com/products/meet-emacs) helpful.
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -25,10 +35,11 @@ single instance using the starter kit, try the following invocation:
 
 Libraries from ELPA (http://tromey.com/elpa) are preferred when
 available since dependencies are handled automatically, and the burden
-to update them is removed from the user.
-
-See starter-kit-elpa.el for a list of libraries that are pending
-submission to ELPA.
+to update them is removed from the user. In the long term, ideally
+everything would be installed via ELPA, and only package.el would need
+to be distributed with the starter kit. (Or better yet, package.el
+would come with Emacs...) See starter-kit-elpa.el for a list of
+libraries that are pending submission to ELPA.
 
 ## Contributing
 
@@ -37,6 +48,7 @@ replacement for your regular dotfiles for a while. If there's anything
 you just can't live without, add it or let me know so I can add
 it. Take a look at what happens in init.el to get started.
 
-Also: see the file TODO.
+Also: see the file TODO. Helping submit new libraries to ELPA is the
+easiest way to help out.
 
 The latest version is at http://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit/

elpa-to-submit/clojure-mode.el

@@ -530,8 +530,8 @@ check for contextual indenting."
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.clj$" . clojure-mode))
 
 (when clojure-enable-paredit
-  (defun clojure-paredit-hook () (require 'paredit) (paredit-mode +1))
-  (add-hook 'clojure-mode-hook 'clojure-paredit-hook)
+  (require 'paredit)
+  (add-hook 'clojure-mode-hook 'paredit-mode)
 
   (define-key clojure-mode-map "{" 'paredit-open-brace)
   (define-key clojure-mode-map "}" 'paredit-close-brace))

starter-kit-misc.el

@@ -3,15 +3,12 @@
 ;; Part of the Emacs Starter Kit
 
 (when window-system
-  (mouse-wheel-mode t)
   (setq frame-title-format '(buffer-file-name "%f" ("%b")))
   (tooltip-mode -1)
   (tool-bar-mode -1)
   (blink-cursor-mode -1))
 
-(if (not window-system)
-    (setq xterm-mouse-mode t))
-
+(mouse-wheel-mode t)
 (set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
 (set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8)
 (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
@@ -30,6 +27,7 @@
       whitespace-line-column 100
       ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain
       oddmuse-directory (concat dotfiles-dir "oddmuse")
+      xterm-mouse-mode t
       save-place-file (concat dotfiles-dir "places"))
 
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