dotfiles/.emacs.df/early-init.el

;;; early-init.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-

;; Increase the GC threshold for faster startup
;; The default is 800 kilobytes.  Measured in bytes.
(setq gc-cons-threshold (* 50 1000 1000))

;; Prefer loading newest compiled .el file
(setq load-prefer-newer noninteractive)

;; Native compilation settings
(when (featurep 'native-compile)
  ;; Silence compiler warnings as they can be pretty disruptive
  (setq native-comp-async-report-warnings-errors nil)

  ;; Make native compilation happens asynchronously
  (setq native-comp-deferred-compilation t)

  ;; Set the right directory to store the native compilation cache
  ;; NOTE the method for setting the eln-cache directory depends on the emacs version
  (when (fboundp 'startup-redirect-eln-cache)
    (if (version< emacs-version "29")
        (add-to-list 'native-comp-eln-load-path (convert-standard-filename (expand-file-name "var/eln-cache/" user-emacs-directory)))
      (startup-redirect-eln-cache (convert-standard-filename (expand-file-name "var/eln-cache/" user-emacs-directory)))))

  (add-to-list 'native-comp-eln-load-path (expand-file-name "eln-cache/" user-emacs-directory)))

;; Don't use package.el, we'll use straight.el instead
(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)

;; Remove some unneeded UI elements (the user can turn back on anything they wish)
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)
(push '(tool-bar-lines . 0) default-frame-alist)
(push '(menu-bar-lines . 0) default-frame-alist)
(push '(vertical-scroll-bars) default-frame-alist)
(push '(mouse-color . "white") default-frame-alist)

;; Loads a nice blue theme, avoids the white screen flash on startup.
(load-theme 'deeper-blue t)

;; Make the initial buffer load faster by setting its mode to fundamental-mode
(setq initial-major-mode 'fundamental-mode)

;; Load the early config file if it exists
(let ((early-config-path (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.df/early-config.el")))
  (when (file-exists-p early-config-path)
    (load early-config-path nil 'nomessage)))