Re: optional packages on startup?

[Jambunathan K]

Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:

>> Hi,
>>   In emacs, I have a lot of things that load up (cscopes, cedet,
>> ecb).  Since I have to ssh into a proxy, and then into the main
>> server, there's a bit of latency for emacs to start up.
>
> Never do a (require 'package) - either for uncompiled or compiled
> packages.
>
> Always compile the installed packages - autoloads ensures that the
> packages are loaded on demand. 

You need to require the autoload file though.

> There lots of other things that you could do but the above two steps
> will ensure visible improvements.

Jambunathan K.