It seems not unreasonable to me. On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:00 AM Stefan Kangas wrote: > Radon Rosborough writes: > > > I did not, sorry, and don't see it happening in the foreseeable future > given my current workload. > > I see that this text has changed a bit since this was last discussed. > Is the current text good, or is there still something missing? It > explains which variables should be put in the early init file. > > ----- > > 49.4.6 The Early Init File > -------------------------- > > Most customizations for Emacs should be put in the normal init file. > *Note Init File::. However, it is sometimes desirable to have > customizations that take effect during Emacs startup earlier than the > normal init file is processed. Such customizations can be put in the > early init file, ‘~/.config/emacs.d/early-init.el’ or > ‘~/.emacs.d/early-init.el’. This file is loaded before the package > system and GUI is initialized, so in it you can customize variables that > affect frame appearance as well as the package initialization process, > such as ‘package-enable-at-startup’, ‘package-load-list’, and > ‘package-user-dir’. Note that variables like ‘package-archives’ which > only affect the installation of new packages, and not the process of > making already-installed packages available, may be customized in the > regular init file. *Note Package Installation::. > > We do not recommend that you move into ‘early-init.el’ customizations > that can be left in the normal init files. That is because the early > init file is read before the GUI is initialized, so customizations > related to GUI features will not work reliably in ‘early-init.el’. By > contrast, the normal init files are read after the GUI is initialized. > If you must have customizations in the early init file that rely on GUI > features, make them run off hooks provided by the Emacs startup, such as > ‘window-setup-hook’ or ‘tty-setup-hook’. *Note Hooks::. > > For more information on the early init file, *note (elisp)Init > File::. > > ----- > > Thanks in advance. > > Best regards, > Stefan Kangas >