update emacs config to 21th century

README.md

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-You can read the [HTML export of my .emacs file](https://rawgit.com/TLINDEN/dot-emacs/master/emacs.html) or download the [original elisp file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TLINDEN/dot-emacs/master/.emacs).
+# My Personal Emacs Configuration
+
+This is my personal emacs configuration.  It is more than 20 years old
+and may contain obskure or outright nonsense code and customization.
+
+I use this live whereever I use emacs. You may try it at your own risk
+or take a look as you wish.
+
+Please be advised,  that I'll not answer any issues  or other requests
+for this repo.
+
+You can read the [HTML export of my OLD .emacs file here](https://rawgit.com/TLINDEN/dot-emacs/master/emacs.html).
+
+# How it works
+
+Check this repo out into `~/.emacs.d/`.
+
+The starting point is `init.el`,  it configures some global things and
+initializes  the  package  manager.   It  then  loads  every  file  in
+`~/.emacs.d/init/*.el`, which are symlinks to  the real load files.
+
+In order  to be able to  force a particular load  order, every symlink
+contains a number in its name.
+
+To disable some module, just remove the symlink.
+
+# License
+
+GPLv3