From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bernardo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Fast emacs? Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 21:03:09 +1000 Message-ID: <4A11406D.6090602@pobox.com> References: <87ws8fflyl.wl%anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com> Reply-To: bernardo.bacic@pobox.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1242644620 25447 80.91.229.12 (18 May 2009 11:03:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:03:40 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs help Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 18 13:03:33 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M60cz-0008CD-93 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 13:03:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34319 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M60cy-0004bK-Sx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 07:03:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M60ce-0004b7-UU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 07:03:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M60cZ-0004Yo-H8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 07:03:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58742 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M60cZ-0004YY-93 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 07:03:03 -0400 Original-Received: from a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([207.106.133.19]:58443 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M60cY-0006wS-Oj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 07:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90898B3EE2 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 07:03:00 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.10] (unknown [220.233.188.27]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D74DEB3EE1 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 07:02:59 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090302) In-Reply-To: <87ws8fflyl.wl%anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com> X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 7391D70A-439B-11DE-9E9C-CABC03BA4B0C-14340206!a-sasl-fastnet.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:64532 Archived-At: > Hi! > >> For ***years*** I've been looking for a solution to this problem, >> and I'm truly amazed that I have yet to find it: how to get a >> fast-starting version of emacs. The problem is that I have a big >> .emacs file and a big Emacs desktop, which means that my Emacs takes >> forever to start. This is fine most of the time, but occasionally >> I want a fast-starting emacs session (e.g. when I run "sudo emacs" >> to edit a superuser-owned config file), and it's infuriating to >> wait for emacs to go through a lengthy and useless song-and-dance... >> >> I just can't believe there is no way around this. (Other than, of >> course, using vi.) >> >> Note that using the emacsclient is no solution, because this requires >> that a version of Emacs be already running, which often defeats >> the purpose (not only do I have to wait another eternity for this >> new Emacs session to start, but then I have to start the server in >> the new session). >> >> Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated! this one is pretty good cure for a fat desktop file ,----[ C-h v desktop-restore-eager ] | desktop-restore-eager is a variable defined in `desktop.el'. | Its value is 5 | | Documentation: | Number of buffers to restore immediately. | Remaining buffers are restored lazily (when Emacs is idle). | If value is t, all buffers are restored immediately. | | You can customize this variable. | | This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in | version 22.1 of Emacs. `----