From 8e458edf1ea6100ea9ca9ff4c2687be9baf0c0b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Schneider <nathan.schneider@colorado.edu>
Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 06:01:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bug fixes on emacs setup

---
 .emacs                   | 13 ++++---------
 .scripts/install-arch.sh |  1 +
 .scripts/install-deb.sh  |  1 +
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.emacs b/.emacs
index d6cd188..d220073 100644
--- a/.emacs
+++ b/.emacs
@@ -4,13 +4,8 @@
 ;; Keep this on top
 ;; https://melpa.org/#/getting-started
 (require 'package)
-(let* ((no-ssl (and (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos))
-                    (not (gnutls-available-p))))
-       (url (concat (if no-ssl "http" "https") "://melpa.org/packages/")))
-  (add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "melpa" url) t))
-(when (< emacs-major-version 24)
-  ;; For important compatibility libraries like cl-lib
-  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
+(add-to-list 'package-archives
+             '("melpa-stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/"))
 (package-initialize)
 
 ;; setting the default directory for extra packages
@@ -20,8 +15,8 @@
 ;; turns off the menus at top
 (menu-bar-mode -1)
 (tool-bar-mode -1)
-;; enable longlines-mode for text files
-(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'visual-line-mode)
+;; enable word wrap
+(global-visual-line-mode t)
 ;; load word-count tools, use "wc" command to get instant count
 (load "wc-mode")
 ;; but normally don't initialize because it's too CPU-intensive on large files
diff --git a/.scripts/install-arch.sh b/.scripts/install-arch.sh
index 1c123a9..ca65e71 100644
--- a/.scripts/install-arch.sh
+++ b/.scripts/install-arch.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ sudo pacman -S keepassxc
 
 # emacs
 sudo pacman -S emacs
+sudo pacman -S aspell-en # English dictionary
 emacs --script install-emacs.el # not working
 
 # pandoc
diff --git a/.scripts/install-deb.sh b/.scripts/install-deb.sh
index 03ba3f6..f3eb575 100644
--- a/.scripts/install-deb.sh
+++ b/.scripts/install-deb.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ sudo apt-get install nodejs
 
 # emacs
 sudo apt-get -y install emacs-gtk
+sudo apt-get -y install aspell aspell-en
 emacs --script install-emacs.el
 
 # pandoc