From e2b9183e74cee8c9b95783213ae950d5b1b04c7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cherti <60946298+jamescherti@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 12:26:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 **Here are the instructions for installing minimal-emacs.d:** [Install minimal-emacs.d](#install-minimal-emacsd).
 
+For those new to Emacs wondering what `init.el` or `early-init.el` are:
+
+- The `early-init.el` file is an initialization file that is loaded very early in the startup process, before the Emacs graphical interface is initialized. It was introduced in Emacs 27 to allow users to configure aspects of Emacs that affect startup performance and GUI elements that need to be set before the packages load.
+- The `init.el` file is the main user configuration file that Emacs loads after initializing the package system and basic runtime environment. It contains user customizations, such as setting variables, loading packages, configuring modes, and defining keybindings.
+
 ![](https://www.jamescherti.com/misc/screenshot-minimal-emacs-2.png)
 *(The theme shown in the screenshot above is ef-melissa-light, which is part of the ef-themes collection available on MELPA.)*
 ![](https://www.jamescherti.com/misc/screenshot-minimal-emacs-1.png)