GNU bug report logs - #940
Is there a way to quit loading of ~/.emacs please?

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Message #39 received at 940 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Yiyi Hu <yiyihu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 940 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#940: Is there a way to quit loading of ~/.emacs please?
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:10:21 +0200

Yiyi Hu wrote:
> Why not use 'unless' statement version?
>  (unless (byte-compile-file-if-newer "~/.emacs")
> remaining lisp code ...)
> Because, This will confuse M-x customize-* series functions.

Just set custom-file to store customizations in another file.

> Why not splitting ~/.emacs?
> I did this, and It's not a happy journey. Eg, when change something, I
> have to think wether I should put here or there, or within ~/.emacs.

Not if you just put everything there.

But the main question is: Why do you want to compile absolutely
everything? I feel there must be some misunderstanding somewhere. How
much time to you win?

How many times do you start Emacs? I think most users just start Emacs
one they boot their computer.

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