("melpa-unstable" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")
("melpa-stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/")))
-;; by default, packages are only loaded after the init file; by loading them
-;; earlier, the call to evil-mode below is made possible
-(package-initialize)
+;; ensure certain packages are installed (actually, we use Debian repos here)
+;; credit to <https://stackoverflow.com/a/10093312>
+;(setq package-list '(elfeed ledger-mode))
+;(package-initialize)
+;(dolist (package package-list)
+; (unless (package-installed-p package)
+; (package-install package)))
+;; mail setup
+;; ==========
+
+(setq send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it)
+(setq smtpmail-smtp-server "core.plomlompom.com")
+(setq smtpmail-smtp-service 465)
+(setq smtpmail-stream-type 'ssl)
+(setq smtpmail-smtp-user "plom")
+(setq mail-host-address "plomlompom.com")
+
+;; otherwise notmuch becomes extremely slow in some cases
+(setq-default notmuch-show-indent-content nil)
+
+
;; org mode
;; ========
(setq conf-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
(setq sh-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
(setq python-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
-
-
-;;; evil mode
-;;; =========
-;
-;;; start in normal mode everywhere
-;(setq evil-emacs-state-modes nil)
-;(setq evil-insert-state-modes nil)
-;(setq evil-motion-state-modes nil)
-;
-;;; enable evil at end so it can overlay its keybindings over any other packages
-;(evil-mode t)