First version of the init files

early-init.el

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+;;; early-init.el --- Early Init -*- no-byte-compile: t; lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Author: James Cherti
+;; URL: https://github.com/jamescherti/minimal-emacs.d
+;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "29.1"))
+;; Keywords: maint
+;; Version: 1
+;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;; This file contains early initialization settings for Emacs. It is designed
+;; to optimize the startup process and configure essential settings before the
+;; main initialization.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+;; Garbage collection significantly affects startup times. This setting delays
+;; garbage collection during startup but will be reset later.
+(setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum)
+(add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook (lambda ()
+                                (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 16 1024 1024))))
+
+;; Prefer loading newer compiled files
+(setq load-prefer-newer t)
+
+;; Disable startup screens and messages
+(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
+(setq initial-scratch-message nil)
+(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
+
+;; Disable unneeded UI elements
+(when (fboundp 'tooltip-mode)
+  (tooltip-mode -1))
+(unless (memq window-system '(mac ns))
+  (menu-bar-mode -1))
+(when (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode)
+  (tool-bar-mode -1))
+(when (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode)
+  (scroll-bar-mode -1))
+(when (fboundp 'horizontal-scroll-bar-mode)
+  (horizontal-scroll-bar-mode -1))
+
+(provide 'early-init)
+
+;;; early-init.el ends here