From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Buchs, Kevin" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Optimizing startup speed Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:46:52 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1320338835 1522 80.91.229.12 (3 Nov 2011 16:47:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:47:15 +0000 (UTC) To: , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 03 17:47:11 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RM0Rb-0000sO-0U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:47:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53234 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RM0RV-0002Za-La for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:47:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52062) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RM0RR-0002ZV-5H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:47:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RM0RO-00054M-QP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:47:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail10.mayo.edu ([129.176.212.47]:48996) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RM0RO-000548-HY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:46:58 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjMFAIvEsk6BsJ4A/2dsb2JhbABBA6hdgiaBcgEBAQMBME4NASoGGAdXAQQBEgiHeqt3iQSGCYI0YgSHVzGMEIo8h0c X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,450,1315198800"; d="scan'208";a="115068108" Original-Received: from roedlp005a.mayo.edu (HELO mail10.mayo.edu) ([129.176.158.0]) by ironport10.mayo.edu with ESMTP; 03 Nov 2011 11:46:55 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap8FAIvEsk6BsNQ1/2dsb2JhbABBA6hdgSGBBYFyAQEBAwEwTg0BKgYYB1cBBAESCId6q3eJBIYJgjRiBIdXMYwQijyHRw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,450,1315198800"; d="scan'208";a="115068105" Original-Received: from mhro1a.mayo.edu ([129.176.212.53]) by ironport10.mayo.edu with ESMTP; 03 Nov 2011 11:46:55 -0500 Original-Received: from smtprelay.mayo.edu (smtprelay1.mayo.edu [192.168.48.10]) by mhro1a.mayo.edu with ESMTP id BT-MMP-4946908; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:46:55 -0500 Original-Received: from MACE.mayo.edu (mace.mayo.edu [129.176.215.134]) by smtprelay.mayo.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id pA3GksGO022502; Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:46:54 -0500 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Optimizing startup speed thread-index: AcyaR5nq9Nghf1zQTz63ncruUpy1Iw== X-CFilter-Loop: Reflected X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 129.176.212.47 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82744 Archived-At: Philipp, You mentioned, in reply to the thread "emacs -- simple" > Proper use of autoload, eval-after-load and some factorization of your = startup files into package specific configuration, plus byte compiling = should reduce startup time significantly. I wonder if you could amplify what you mean by "factorization of your = startup files into package-specific configuration". It seems obvious, = but I'm not sure I see the benefit, so would you explain why this helps = startup speed. Kevin Buchs=A0=A0 |=A0=A0Senior Engineer | Department of Physiology = and Biomedical Engineering - SPPDG 507-538-5459=A0=A0|=A0=A0=A0buchs.kevin@mayo.edu | = =A0http://www.mayo.edu/sppdg Mayo Clinic=A0=A0|=A0=A0200 1st St. SW=A0 |=A0 Rochester, MN 55905=A0=20