Various improvements

README.md

@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ Add the following to `~/.emacs.d/pre-early-init.el` to ensure that `minimal-emac
 (setq minimal-emacs-gc-cons-threshold (* 64 1024 1024))
 ```
 
+### How to change the outline-mode or outline-minor-mode Ellipsis (...) to (▼)?
+
+
+If you want to to change the outline-mode or outline-minor-mode Ellipsis (...) to (▼), use the code snippet in this article: [Changing the Ellipsis (“…”) in outline-mode and outline-minor-mode](https://www.jamescherti.com/emacs-customize-ellipsis-outline-minor-mode/).
+
 ### How to run the minimal-emacs.d Emacs configuration from another directory?
 
 To run minimal-emacs.d from a different directory, you can specify the path to your configuration directory using the --init-directory option. For example, to run Emacs with the configuration located in ~/.config/minimal-emacs.d/, use the following command:

early-init.el

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 (defvar minimal-emacs--default-user-emacs-directory user-emacs-directory
   "The default value of the `user-emacs-directory' variable.")
 
+(setq custom-theme-directory (expand-file-name "themes/" user-emacs-directory))
+(setq custom-file
+      (expand-file-name "custom.el"
+                        minimal-emacs--default-user-emacs-directory))
+
 (defun minimal-emacs-load-user-init (filename)
   "Execute a file of Lisp code named FILENAME."
   (let ((user-init-file
@@ -39,8 +44,6 @@
 
 (set-language-environment "UTF-8")
 
-(setq custom-theme-directory (expand-file-name "themes/" user-emacs-directory))
-
 ;; Set-language-environment sets default-input-method, which is unwanted.
 (setq default-input-method nil)
 
@@ -230,6 +233,12 @@
 (when (fboundp 'horizontal-scroll-bar-mode)
   (horizontal-scroll-bar-mode -1))
 
+;; Allow for shorter responses: "y" for yes and "n" for no.
+(if (boundp 'use-short-answers)
+    (setq use-short-answers t)
+  (advice-add #'yes-or-no-p :override #'y-or-n-p))
+(defalias #'view-hello-file #'ignore)  ; Never show the hello file
+
 ;;; package.el
 ;; Since Emacs 27, package initialization occurs before `user-init-file' is
 ;; loaded, but after `early-init-file'.
@@ -240,6 +249,9 @@
 ;; Always ensure packages are installed
 (setq use-package-always-ensure t)
 
+(setq frame-title-format '("%b – Emacs")
+      icon-title-format frame-title-format)
+
 ;;; Load post-early-init.el
 (minimal-emacs-load-user-init "post-early-init.el")
 

init.el

@@ -53,24 +53,21 @@
 (eval-when-compile
   (require 'use-package))
 
-;;; Misc
+;;; Minibuffer
-
 ;; Allow nested minibuffers
 (setq enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
 
-(setq custom-file
-      (expand-file-name "custom.el"
-                        minimal-emacs--default-user-emacs-directory))
-
-;; switch-to-buffer runs pop-to-buffer-same-window instead
-(setq switch-to-buffer-obey-display-actions t)
-
 ;; Keep the cursor out of the read-only portions of the.minibuffer
 (setq minibuffer-prompt-properties
       '(read-only t intangible t cursor-intangible t face
                   minibuffer-prompt))
 (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'cursor-intangible-mode)
 
+;;; Misc
+
+;; switch-to-buffer runs pop-to-buffer-same-window instead
+(setq switch-to-buffer-obey-display-actions t)
+
 (setq show-paren-delay 0.1
       show-paren-highlight-openparen t
       show-paren-when-point-inside-paren t
@@ -95,6 +92,7 @@
       compilation-ask-about-save nil
       compilation-scroll-output 'first-error)
 
+(setq truncate-string-ellipsis "…")
 ;;; Files
 
 ;; Disable the warning "X and Y are the same file". Ignoring this warning is
@@ -199,19 +197,7 @@
 (when minimal-emacs-savehist-enabled
   (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'savehist-mode))
 
-;;; Subr
-;; Allow for shorter responses: "y" for yes and "n" for no.
-(if (boundp 'use-short-answers)
-    (setq use-short-answers t)
-  (advice-add #'yes-or-no-p :override #'y-or-n-p))
-(defalias #'view-hello-file #'ignore)  ; Never show the hello file
-
-;;; Mule-util
-(setq truncate-string-ellipsis "…")
-
 ;;; Frames and windows
-(setq frame-title-format '("%b – Emacs")
-      icon-title-format frame-title-format)
 
 ;; Resizing the Emacs frame can be costly when changing the font. Disable this
 ;; to improve startup times with fonts larger than the system default.
@@ -223,14 +209,6 @@
 
 (setq resize-mini-windows 'grow-only)
 
-;;; Buffer
-(setq-default left-fringe-width  8)
-(setq-default right-fringe-width 8)
-
-;; Do not show an arrow at the top/bottomin the fringe and empty lines
-(setq-default indicate-buffer-boundaries nil)
-(setq-default indicate-empty-lines nil)
-
 ;;; Smooth scrolling
 ;; Enables faster scrolling through unfontified regions. This may result in
 ;; brief periods of inaccurate syntax highlighting immediately after scrolling,
@@ -278,6 +256,12 @@
 (setq ring-bell-function #'ignore)
 
 ;;; Indent and formatting
+(setq-default left-fringe-width  8)
+(setq-default right-fringe-width 8)
+
+;; Do not show an arrow at the top/bottomin the fringe and empty lines
+(setq-default indicate-buffer-boundaries nil)
+(setq-default indicate-empty-lines nil)
 
 ;; Continue wrapped lines at whitespace rather than breaking in the
 ;; middle of a word.