diff --git a/emacsclient-activities b/emacsclient-activities
index 8d55d41..885f86d 100755
--- a/emacsclient-activities
+++ b/emacsclient-activities
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ kde-current-activity () {
 }
 
 emacsclient -n -s "$(kde-current-activity)" -a '/usr/bin/emacs' $@
+emacsclient -n -s "$(kde-current-activity)" -e '(recenter)'
 
 # emacsclient -s "$(kde-current-activity)" -a false -e 'server-name' >/dev/null
 
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index c9744cf..c560bd9 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
  '(cursor ((t (:background "orchid"))))
  '(fixed-pitch ((t (:family "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"))))
  '(font-latex-italic-face ((t (:inherit italic :foreground "SpringGreen"))))
+ '(font-lock-comment-delimiter-face ((t (:foreground "lightslategray"))))
+ '(font-lock-comment-face ((t (:foreground "SlateGray"))))
  '(highlight ((t (:background "DarkSlateGray"))))
  '(italic ((((supports :underline t)) nil)))
  '(menu ((t (:inverse-video t))))
@@ -113,14 +115,18 @@
 (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook (lambda () (modify-syntax-entry ?\\ "w" LaTeX-mode-syntax-table)))
 
 (require 'sourcepair)
-(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook (lambda () (setq sourcepair-source-extensions '(".tex"))))
-(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook (lambda () (setq sourcepair-header-extensions '(".p.tex"))))
-(global-set-key (kbd "<f6>") 'sourcepair-load)
-
-;; this should really be called in the hook
+(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook (lambda ()
+			     (setq sourcepair-source-extensions '(".tex"))
+			     (setq sourcepair-header-extensions '(".p.tex"))
+ 			     ;; (define-key LaTeX-mode-map (kbd "\\") (lambda () (interactive) (insert ";")))
+			     ;; (define-key LaTeX-mode-map (kbd ";") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "\\")))
+			     (define-key LaTeX-mode-map (kbd "C-c }") 'TeX-back-insert-braces)
+			     ))
 (setq subword-forward-regexp "\\W*\\(\\([\\\\[:upper:]]*\\W?\\)[[:lower:][:digit:]]*\\)")
 (setq subword-backward-regexp "\\(\\(\\W\\|[[:lower:][:digit:]]\\)\\([\\\\[:upper:]]+\\W*\\)\\|\\W\\w+\\)")
+(global-set-key (kbd "<f6>") 'sourcepair-load)
 
+;; this should really be called in the hook
 
 (setq default-fill-column 120)
 (add-to-list 'load-path "~/tmp")
@@ -159,10 +165,10 @@
 (key-chord-define-global "4r"  "$")
 (key-chord-define-global "$%"  'add-dollar-delimiter)
 
+
 (global-set-key (kbd "M-[") 'previous-buffer)
 (global-set-key (kbd "M-]") 'next-buffer)
-(global-set-key (kbd "M-p") 'backward-paragraph)
-(global-set-key (kbd "M-n") 'forward-paragraph)
+
 
 
 ;; kde activity stuff -- move to other file when stabilized
@@ -204,15 +210,12 @@
 )
 
 ;; Rehab ↓
-
-;; stop using the arrow keys
 ;; mark the date 30/1/2014
-(global-unset-key [left])
-(global-unset-key [up])
-(global-unset-key [right])
-(global-unset-key [down])
+(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/emacs-no-easy-keys")
+(require 'no-easy-keys)
+(no-easy-keys 1)
 
-;; remove mouse-binding. Keyboard is faster
+;;Keyboard is faster than mouse
 (global-unset-key (kbd "<mouse-1>"))
 (global-unset-key (kbd "<down-mouse-1>"))
 (global-unset-key (kbd "<drag-mouse-1>"))
@@ -232,8 +235,32 @@
 (require 'magit)
 
 (require 'iy-go-to-char)
-(global-set-key (kbd "M-m") 'iy-go-to-char)
-(global-set-key (kbd "M-M") 'iy-go-to-char-backward)
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-m") 'iy-go-up-to-char)
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-M") 'iy-go-up-to-char-backward)
+
+;;
+;; ace jump mode major function
+;;
+(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/ace-jump-mode/")
+(autoload
+  'ace-jump-mode
+  "ace-jump-mode"
+  "Emacs quick move minor mode"
+  t)
+;; you can select the key you prefer to
+(define-key global-map (kbd "C-c SPC") 'ace-jump-mode)
+
+;;
+;; enable a more powerful jump back function from ace jump mode
+;;
+(autoload
+  'ace-jump-mode-pop-mark
+  "ace-jump-mode"
+  "Ace jump back:-)"
+  t)
+(eval-after-load "ace-jump-mode"
+  '(ace-jump-mode-enable-mark-sync))
+(define-key global-map (kbd "C-x SPC") 'ace-jump-mode-pop-mark)
 
 (defun smart-line-beginning ()
   "Move point to the beginning of text on the current line; if that is already
@@ -287,12 +314,54 @@ This is the same as using \\[set-mark-command] with the prefix argument."
   (set-mark-command 1))
 (global-set-key (kbd "M-`") 'jump-to-mark)
 
-(defun exchange-point-and-mark-no-activate ()
-  "Identical to \\[exchange-point-and-mark] but will not activate the region."
-  (interactive)
-  (exchange-point-and-mark)
-  (deactivate-mark nil))
-(define-key global-map [remap exchange-point-and-mark] 'exchange-point-and-mark-no-activate)
+;; (defun exchange-point-and-mark-no-activate ()
+;;   "Identical to \\[exchange-point-and-mark] but will not activate the region."
+;;   (interactive)
+;;   (exchange-point-and-mark)
+;;   (deactivate-mark nil))
+;; (define-key global-map [remap exchange-point-and-mark] 'exchange-point-and-mark-no-activate)
+
+(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d")
+;; (require 'wordnik)
+;; (setq wordnik-api-key "fa815fa92045b7fa23699014d0a01c081b3d9c3c761292bf3")(kbd "H-=") synonym-at-point)
+
+(require 'wordnik-synonym)
+(global-set-key (kbd "H-=") 'wn/synonym-at-point)
+
+;; this reimplements TeX-insert-braces to work with negative argument
+(defun TeX-insert-braces (arg)
+  "Make a pair of braces around next ARG sexps and leave point inside.
+No argument is equivalent to zero: just insert braces and leave point
+between.
+
+If there is an active region, ARG will be ignored, braces will be
+inserted around the region, and point will be left after the
+closing brace."
+  (interactive "P")
+  (if (TeX-active-mark)
+      (progn
+	(if (< (point) (mark))
+	    (exchange-point-and-mark))
+	(insert TeX-grcl)
+	(save-excursion
+	  (goto-char (mark))
+	  (insert TeX-grop)))
+    (if (and arg (< arg 0))
+	(progn
+	  (save-excursion
+	    (backward-sexp (prefix-numeric-value (- 0 arg)))
+	    (insert TeX-grop))
+	  (insert TeX-grcl))
+      (insert TeX-grop)
+      (save-excursion
+      (if arg (forward-sexp (prefix-numeric-value arg)))
+      (insert TeX-grcl)))))
+
+(defun TeX-back-insert-braces (arg)
+  (interactive "P")
+  (if arg (TeX-insert-braces (- 0 arg))
+    (insert TeX-grcl)))
+
 
 
 (setq server-name (kde-current-activity))