Atom init.coffee script to quickly change spell-cheking-language and see the current spell-setting in status bar

init.coffee

# Add a label to the status bar
initLangLabel = ->
  selectedLang = atom.config.get('spell-check.locales');
  bar = document.querySelector('status-bar .status-bar-right')
  spellSelect = document.createElement('a');
  labelNode = document.createTextNode('-');
  spellSelect.appendChild(labelNode);
  spellSelect.setAttribute('class', 'line-ending-tile inline-block')
  bar.insertBefore(spellSelect, bar.firstChild);
  atom.config.observe('spell-check.locales', {}, ->
    selectedLang = atom.config.get('spell-check.locales');
    if selectedLang.length > 0
      labelNode.nodeValue = selectedLang[0];
    else
      labelNode.nodeValue = '-'
  );
  
initLangLabel()

# Adding short cuts
atom.commands.add 'atom-workspace', 'Spell-DE', ->
  atom.config.set('spell-check.locales', ['de-DE']);
  atom.notifications.addSuccess('Switched spell check to: de-DE')
  
atom.commands.add 'atom-workspace', 'Spell-EN', ->
  atom.config.set('spell-check.locales', ['en-US']);
  atom.notifications.addSuccess('Switched spell check to: en-US')
  
# add more short cuts here