Ubuntu 24 WSL setup for LaTeX (WINDOWS WSL)

latex-setup.sh

sudo snap install languagetool

sudo apt -y install ack \
  bat \
  batcat \
  chktex \
  cowsay \
  emacs \
  entr \
  fzf \
  fonts-noto \
  fonts-noto-cjk \
  fonts-noto-extra \
  lolcat \
  luatex \
  pandoc \
  texlive-latex-base \
  texlive-luatex \
  texlive-xetex \
  tree \
  xclip \
  zathura \
  zathura-pdf-poppler

z_add-this-to-dot-emacs.el

 ;; sussman device configuration

 ;; Uncomment this to install packages if needed.
;; (progn
;;   (package-refresh-contents)
;;   (dolist (pkg '(auctex
;;                  calmer-forest-theme
;;                  flycheck
;;                  flycheck-languagetool
;;                  smart-mode-line
;;                  writegood-mode))
;;     (package-install pkg))
;;   (message "All packages installed!"))

(global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'hippie-expand)

(require 'package)
  ;; Any add to list for package-archives (to add marmalade or melpa) goes here
(add-to-list 'package-archives
    '("MELPA" .
      "http://melpa.org/packages/"))
(package-initialize)

(load-theme 'calmer-forest t)
(smart-mode-line-enable t)
(global-hl-line-mode t)
(add-hook 'after-init-hook #'global-flycheck-mode)

  ;; Disable annoying things
(tool-bar-mode 0)
(menu-bar-mode 0)
(scroll-bar-mode 0)
(put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil)
(fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)

;; Save kill ring forever
(require 'savehist) ;; prevent flycheck error
(savehist-mode 1)
(setq savehist-additional-variables '(kill-ring))
(setq kill-ring-max most-positive-fixnum)  ; Maximum possible integer

;; Larger minibuffer history
(setq history-length most-positive-fixnum)

;; Text Linting and Spell Checking
;; M-x flycheck-list-errors to fix spelling
(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'flyspell-mode)
(add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'writegood-mode)

  ;; navigate by words instead of letters when selecting a file path after eg C-x f
(require 'ido) ;; Prevent Flycheck warning!
(ido-mode 1)
(setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)

 ;; Paste prepared texts.
 ;; I've tried abbrev-mode, yasnippet and TextExpander. This is what works for me.
(defvar my-snippets
      '(("bang" . "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n\nset -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail\n")))

(defun paste (name)
  "Insert snippet with NAME."
  (interactive
   (list
    (completing-read "Paste Text: "
                     (mapcar 'car my-snippets))))
  (insert (cdr (assoc name my-snippets))))

  ;; Enable connecting with emacsclient(1)
(server-start)

(provide '.emacs) ;; prevent flycheck error
;;; .emacs ends here

Flycheck will flag bad grammar but you have to install flycheck-languagetool from MELPA.