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RE: How to speed up emacs start time?


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: How to speed up emacs start time?
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:34:40 -0700

> > If you modify any of the source files that you've 
> > byte-compiled (e.g. you downloaded a later version),
> > you can use `M-x byte-recompile-directory' to
> > recompile any that whose *.elc files are out of date. 
> > That's like a mini-`make' for byte-compiled files.
> 
> Can't you just `M-x byte-recompile-directory' on the first instance?

`byte-recompile-*' only RE-compiles. It does not compile any *.el in the
directory that have not already been compiled. This means you can keep some
files uncompiled, yet still keep the *.elc up-to-date using `byte-recompile-*'.





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