collection frequency. Taken from [[https://github.com/dieggsy/dotfiles/tree/3d95bc08033920e077855caf545a975eba52d28d/emacs.d#startup-time][here]].
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(defconst aminb/emacs-start-time (current-time))
-(defconst aminb/gc-cons-threshold gc-cons-threshold)
-(defconst aminb/gc-cons-percentage gc-cons-percentage)
-(defvar aminb/file-name-handler-alist file-name-handler-alist)
+(defconst ab--emacs-start-time (current-time))
+(defconst ab--gc-cons-threshold gc-cons-threshold)
+(defconst ab--gc-cons-percentage gc-cons-percentage)
+(defvar ab--file-name-handler-alist file-name-handler-alist)
(setq gc-cons-threshold 400000000
gc-cons-percentage 0.6
file-name-handler-alist nil
(add-hook
'after-init-hook
`(lambda ()
- (setq gc-cons-threshold aminb/gc-cons-threshold
- gc-cons-percentage aminb/gc-cons-percentage
- file-name-handler-alist aminb/file-name-handler-alist)
+ (setq gc-cons-threshold ab--gc-cons-threshold
+ gc-cons-percentage ab--gc-cons-percentage
+ file-name-handler-alist ab--file-name-handler-alist)
(let ((elapsed (float-time (time-subtract (current-time)
- aminb/emacs-start-time))))
+ ab--emacs-start-time))))
(message "Loading %s...done (%.3fs) [after-init]"
,load-file-name elapsed))))
#+end_src
+Note that I'll be using my initials, =ab=, as a prefix for the
+variables and functions I define throughout my init file.
+
** Package management
*** =straight.el=
*** =use-package=
#+begin_quote
-A use-package declaration for simplifying your .emacs.
+A use-package declaration for simplifying your .emacs
#+end_quote
=use-package= is an awesome utility for managing and configuring
** No littering in =~/.emacs.d=
#+begin_quote
-Help keeping ~/.emacs.d clean.
+Help keeping ~/.emacs.d clean
#+end_quote
By default, even for Emacs' built-in packages, the configuration files