Re: Fast emacs?

[Bernardo]

> Hi!
>
> > For ***years*** I've been looking for a solution to this problem,
> > and I'm truly amazed that I have yet to find it: how to get a
> > fast-starting version of emacs.  The problem is that I have a big
> > .emacs file and a big Emacs desktop, which means that my Emacs takes
> > forever to start.  This is fine most of the time, but occasionally
> > I want a fast-starting emacs session (e.g. when I run "sudo emacs"
> > to edit a superuser-owned config file), and it's infuriating to
> > wait for emacs to go through a lengthy and useless song-and-dance...
> >
> > I just can't believe there is no way around this.  (Other than, of
> > course, using vi.)
> >
> > Note that using the emacsclient is no solution, because this requires
> > that a version of Emacs be already running, which often defeats
> > the purpose (not only do I have to wait another eternity for this
> > new Emacs session to start, but then I have to start the server in
> > the new session).
> >
> > Any words of wisdom would be much appreciated!

this one is pretty good cure for a fat desktop file

,----[ C-h v desktop-restore-eager ]
| desktop-restore-eager is a variable defined in `desktop.el'.
| Its value is 5
|
| Documentation:
| Number of buffers to restore immediately.
| Remaining buffers are restored lazily (when Emacs is idle).
| If value is t, all buffers are restored immediately.
|
| You can customize this variable.
|
| This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in
| version 22.1 of Emacs.
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