move more settings to the early init file

settings/pre-settings.el

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
         (concat config-dir "lisp/use-package")     ;; https://melpa.org/#/use-package
         ))
 
-(setq gc-cons-threshold (* 50 1000 1000))          ;; Make startup faster by reducing the frequency of garbage collection. The default is 800 kilobytes. Measured in bytes. Will be decreased again at the end.
 ;; count startup time
 (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook                      ;; Use a hook so the message doesn't get clobbered by other messages.
           (lambda ()
@@ -50,12 +49,6 @@ Both Win32 and Cygwin count.")
     (shell-command-to-string
      "uname -a | sed -n 's/.*\\( *Microsoft *\\).*/\\1/ip'"))
    "Microsoft"))
-(setq user-emacs-directory "~/.config/emacs/")  ;; for cache etc.
-(defconst user-cache-directory
-  (file-name-as-directory (concat user-emacs-directory ".cache"))
-  "My Emacs storage area for persistent files.")
-;; create the `user-cache-directory' if not exists
-(make-directory user-cache-directory t)
 (defvar my-dbusp
   (and (boundp 'dbus-compiled-version)  ;; t on WSL Debian machine
        (if (require 'dbus) (dbus-ping :session "org.freedesktop.Notifications")))  ;; is not enough