GNU bug report logs - #68444
Optimization / Staying in the complete /Feature request

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Message #15 received at 68444-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: sir robert downey senior <unauthorized.authority <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 68444-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68444: Optimization / Staying in the complete /Feature request
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 18:17:21 -0700

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> sir robert downey senior <unauthorized.authority <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Plz consider speeding up the launch time of Emacs make it on par with
>> Neovim atleast may with some cut down features or using a selective reduced
>> modules in terminal. My primary use on Emacs is with note taking in Org
>> mode, launch time for with highly modded Emacs is some 25 seconds, more or
>> less same time even in terminal 'emacs -nw' command, I don't want to use
>> the daemon thingy and for neovim with neorg it's just 1.5 seconds am on
>> some legacy 2002 old hardware. So sadly I am taking use of neovim with
>> neorg. As trend and acceptability of rust increasing we will see more
>> feature rich and quicker note taking apps performance.
>> I understand Emacs is itself is an standalone operating system but not so
>> privileged people also use this platform and to abandon so many is cutting
>> own following, one trend which am seeing is on neovim they are wanna be
>> Emacs, almost every 3rd plugin is being copied somewhere even the Emacsconf
>> is replicated some way.
>
> Thanks for the bug report.
>
> My recommendation is searching online for how to make Emacs start
> faster.  This typically involves using autoloads, to make packages load
> only when they are actually needed.  We encourage package authors to
> prefer using that in their installation instructions, but it is not
> always the case.
>
> But I don't think this is strictly a bug in Emacs, as I don't see
> anything here that is actionable.
>
> For further assistance, instead of using our bug tracker, you will have
> better luck using support forums instead, like the help-gnu-emacs
> mailing list, Reddit, IRC, EmacsWiki, and so on.
>
> PS.  For what it's worth, my Emacs loads hundreds of packages and starts
>      in 1.5 seconds.

No further comments within 9 months, so I'm closing this bug report.

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