Re: How to show which files loaded on startup?

[Xah <xahlee@gmail.com>]

another way to diagnose “.emacs” problem is to comment out half of the
file then restart. If still problem, then comment out half more, else,
switch the last commented/uncommented. So each time, you narrow down
my half. After just very few tries, you'll find your problem location.
(on algorithmic efficiency, this is 1/2^n hehe)

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

☄


On Jul 3, 9:31 am, ranchlan <ahl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having problems with emacs taking a very long time to start (for
> environment info see end of post). When I start it in a terminal
> windows (nox) I get the "F1 *scratch*" screen right away but it takes
> me about 70 seconds before the screen allows me to enter anything.
>
> However, when I start emacs with the "-q" option it starts instantly
> (under one second). So, it appears that the slowness is due to
> some .el or .elc file that emacs is loading when it starts.
>
> I looked around and removed all the the files I thought might be
> causing the problem but to no avail. So, what I would like to see is
> exactly _which_ files emacs is loading when it starts.
>
> How can I generate such a list?
>
> Environment information:
> Debian Etch, GNU Emacs 21.4.1