NOTE: byte compilation of scimax makes a *huge* difference

[malcook]

@jkitchin elsewhere wrote I usually don't use byte-compiled files myself

I am installing scimax following Linux users

using

emacs --version
GNU Emacs 31.0.50
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:$ uname -a
Linux fig.sgc.loc 4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Sep 25 09:20:43 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

and I find byte-compiling makes a HUGE difference in startup time (at least)

(FWIW: I built emacs --with-native-compilation=aot)

BTW: since I am not using homebrew (and so don't have cask), I compiled the .el files with:

 make compile CASK_EXEC=

[jkitchin]

Thanks for noting this. I will have to give it a try. it is try i don't usually do it, and performance is "good enough" "most of the time"... The startup time isn't that critical for me, ideally emacs is open days at at time or longer. but, there are times I would certainly appreciate snappier performance! especially when org-db is indexing files...