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Re: Fast emacs?
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Giorgos Keramidas |
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Re: Fast emacs? |
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Mon, 18 May 2009 04:13:27 +0300 |
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On Sun, 17 May 2009 23:39:30 +0200, Anselm Helbig
<anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> 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!
> - don't use `require', use autoloads:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutoLoad
> - for stuff that can only be configured once a library is loaded, use
> `eval-after-load'.
> - make a new emacs image with all your favourite libraries already
> loaded: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DumpingEmacs
> - start emacs as part of system startup with the --daemon switch:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsAsDaemon
> - byte-compile the libraries you use; consider byte-compiling your
> .emacs if it is huge
> - remove extensions you don't use
> - measure the progress you make: use the lisp function benchmark-run,
> or `time' on the command line. Try adding (kill-emacs) at the end
> of your .emacs file to get meaningful results for this.
All good points :)
I use all of (1) autoloading, (2) --daemon mode for most of my quick
editing sessions, (3) I keep trimming my configuration from stuff I have
not used for months, and (4) fire up 1-2 different instances besides the
background daemon process: one for Gnus-only stuff, and maybe another
one for IRC windows.
Another neat thing to do is install a light-weight clone like `mg' and
use that for very basic editing. I even went so far as to import mg in
my own copy of the FreeBSD src/ tree and attach it to the normal build
process, so my laptop's custom FreeBSD version now includes:
$ which mg
/usr/bin/mg
This way even when my full Emacs installation is not available (i.e. in
single user mode) I can use a lean and fast editor with very familiar
key bindings.
There are packages for `mg' and other mini clones of Emacs in the
package collection of most UNIX-like systems today, so installing one of
them is another thing that may be useful to consider.
Re: Fast emacs?, Jean Magnan de Bornier, 2009/05/20