How to show which files loaded on startup?

How to show which files loaded on startup?

[ranchlan]

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

Re: How to show which files loaded on startup?

[Colin S. Miller]

ranchlan 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

C-h v features RET
will give a list of the features loaded.
This is a .el or .elc, if it called  'provide.

M-: (feature-file 'foo) RET
will tell you which file provided feature "foo"

It will be in one of the directories listed in
C-h v load-path RET
but I can't find an easy way to determine which one it is.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller





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Re: How to show which files loaded on startup?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Colin S. Miller wrote:
> ranchlan 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
> 
> C-h v features RET
> will give a list of the features loaded.
> This is a .el or .elc, if it called  'provide.
> 
> M-: (feature-file 'foo) RET
> will tell you which file provided feature "foo"
> 
> It will be in one of the directories listed in
> C-h v load-path RET
> but I can't find an easy way to determine which one it is.
> 
> HTH,
> Colin S. Miller

C-x b *Messages*

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Re: How to show which files loaded on startup?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

> C-x b *Messages*

F1 e
C-h e

Re: How to show which files loaded on startup?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

ranchlan <ahl456@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

When you pass -q, emacs skips loading your dot file: ~/.emacs

Edit it with C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET



> 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?

(mapcar 'first load-history)


> Environment information:
> Debian Etch, GNU Emacs 21.4.1

But really why do you start emacs?

I mean, more than once everytime you boot your computer, that is,
given a Debian system, once every 18 months?  Don't you use emacsclient?

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimago.com/

"Debugging?  Klingons do not debug! Our software does not coddle the
weak."

Re: How to show which files loaded on startup?

[Xah]

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