basic: clean up and add language environment

* basic.el ("UTF-8"): set-language-environment should be enough to use
  the UTF-8 encoding by default.  I think I don't need this setting in
  fact.  But adding this won't make things worse, I suppose.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/basic.el b/basic.el
index 425edae..bfb8a87 100644
--- a/basic.el
+++ b/basic.el
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ;; -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
+;;; Use UTF-8 by default
+
+(set-language-environment "UTF-8")
+
 ;;; No iconofications
 
 (define-key global-map
@@ -17,12 +21,12 @@
 
 (setq save-interprogram-paste-before-kill t)
 
-;;; Two spaces after the end of sentences mark the boundaries of
-;;; sentences clearer.
+;;; Two spaces after the end of sentences
+;; This marks the boundaries of sentences clearer.
 
 (setq sentence-end-double-space t)
 
-;;; Setting the direction of the text can speed things up.
+;;; Setting the direction of the text can speed things up
 
 (set-default 'bidi-paragraph-direction 'left-to-right)
 (set 'bidi-inhibit-bpa t)
@@ -37,6 +41,9 @@
 
 ;;; disable some default modes
 
+;; This is just my personal preference: I prefer not to have the top
+;; of my Emacs show anything other than the buffer itself.
+
 (tool-bar-mode -1)
 (menu-bar-mode -1)
 (scroll-bar-mode -1)
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@
 
 (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
 
-;;; Recursive minibuffers is almost indispensable for me.
+;;; Recursive minibuffers is almost indispensable for me
 
 (set 'enable-recursive-minibuffers t)