Declare package-archive-priorities using setq and other minor changes

README.md

@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ If you prefer MELPA Stable over MELPA, you can add MELPA Stable and prioritize i
 ;; This change increases MELPA Stable priority to 70, above MELPA,
 ;; ensuring that MELPA is preferred for package installations
 ;; over MELPA Stable.
-(customize-set-variable 'package-archive-priorities '(("gnu"    . 99)
+(setq package-archive-priorities '(("gnu"    . 99)
                                    ("nongnu" . 80)
                                    ("melpa-stable" . 70)
                                    ("melpa"  . 0)))

early-init.el

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 (defvar minimal-emacs-ui-features '()
   "List of user interface features to enable in minimal Emacs setup.
-This variable holds a list Emacs UI features that can be enabled:
+This variable holds a list of Emacs UI features that can be enabled:
 - context-menu (Enables the context menu in graphical environments.)
 - tool-bar (Enables the tool bar in graphical environments.)
 - menu-bar (Enables the menu bar in graphical environments.)
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ This variable holds a list Emacs UI features that can be enabled:
 (defvar minimal-emacs-debug (bound-and-true-p init-file-debug)
   "Non-nil to enable debug.")
 
-(defvar minimal-emacs-gc-cons-threshold (* 32 1024 1024)
-  "Value to set `gc-cons-threshold' to after Emacs startup.
-Ignored if `minimal-emacs-optimize-startup-gc' is nil.")
-
 (defvar minimal-emacs-optimize-startup-gc t
   "If non-nil, increase `gc-cons-threshold' during startup to reduce pauses.
 After Emacs finishes loading, `gc-cons-threshold' is restored to the value
 stored in `minimal-emacs--restore-gc-cons-threshold'.")
 
+(defvar minimal-emacs-gc-cons-threshold (* 32 1024 1024)
+  "Value to which `gc-cons-threshold' is set after Emacs startup.
+Ignored if `minimal-emacs-optimize-startup-gc' is nil.")
+
 (defvar minimal-emacs-inhibit-redisplay-during-startup nil
   "Suppress redisplay during startup to improve performance.
 This prevents visual updates while Emacs initializes. The tradeoff is that you
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ this stage of initialization."
 (setq package-archives '(("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")
                          ("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
                          ("nongnu" . "https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/")))
-(customize-set-variable 'package-archive-priorities '(("gnu"    . 99)
+(setq package-archive-priorities '(("gnu"    . 99)
                                    ("nongnu" . 80)
                                    ("melpa"  . 70)))
 

init.el

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 ;;; Misc
 
-(setq whitespace-line-column nil)  ; whitespace-mode
+(setq whitespace-line-column nil)  ; Use the value of `fill-column'.
 
 ;; Can be activated with `display-line-numbers-mode'
 (setq-default display-line-numbers-width 3)