improve startup time

settings/general-settings.el

@@ -184,18 +184,6 @@ already exists in the home directory."
                 (setq desktop-file-modtime (nth 5 (file-attributes (desktop-full-file-name))))))
     )
   )
-;; (add-hook 'after-init-hook
-;;           'desktop-settings-setup
-;;           (lambda ()
-;;             ;; No splash screen
-;;             (setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
-
-;;             ;; If the *scratch* buffer is the current one, then create a new
-;;             ;; empty untitled buffer to hide *scratch*
-;;             (if (string= (buffer-name) "*scratch*")
-;;                 (new-empty-buffer))
-;;             )
-;;           t) ;; append this hook to the tail
 
 
 ;; auto revert buffer
@@ -236,17 +224,6 @@ with a drive letter and a colon."))
 ;; require final newlines in files when they are saved
 (setq require-final-newline t)
 
-;; don't show the startup screen
-(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
-(use-package startup
-  :defer t
-  :init
-  (setq initial-major-mode 'fundamental-mode)
-  (setq initial-scratch-message "# This buffer is for text that is not saved.
-
-"))
-
-
 ;; each line of text gets one line on the screen (i.e., text will run
 ;; off the right instead of wrapping around onto a new line)
 (setq-default truncate-lines t)

settings/gui-settings.el

@@ -550,9 +550,7 @@ See also `dashboard-insert-section' for the sequence of elements."
      (abbreviate-file-name el)))
   (add-to-list 'dashboard-item-generators  '(custom . dashboard-insert-custom))
 
-  (dashboard-setup-startup-hook)
-  (dashboard-open)
-  )
+  (dashboard-setup-startup-hook))
 
 ;; too slow if all levels are displayed for a medium large file,
 ;; therefore not all levels and if toggled on and mode default off

settings/pre-settings.el

@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
 ;; omit warnings like: /opt/emacs-conf/lisp/org/oc-basic.el: Warning: ‘buffer-substring’ is an obsolete generalized variable.
 (setq byte-compile-warnings nil)
 
-(eval-when-compile
-  (require 'use-package))                          ;; requires bind-key
-(setq use-package-verbose nil)
-(setq use-package-compute-statistics t)
 (use-package delight
   :defer t)                              ;; used for use-package :delight, see delight-delighted-modes, defer b/c of awesome-tray
 

settings/theme-settings.el

@@ -10,14 +10,10 @@
 ;;     Asana Math (debian texlive-fonts-extra)
 
 ;;; Code:
-(use-package spacemacs-theme
-  :after (cl-lib)  ;; spacemacs-common misses to load cl-lib
+(use-package my-theme
   :config
   (setq spacemacs-theme-comment-bg nil)
   (load-theme 'spacemacs-dark t)
-  )
-(use-package my-theme
-  :config
   (load-theme 'my t))
 
 ;; Test char and monospace:
@@ -54,8 +50,6 @@
  ((find-font (font-spec :name "courier"))
   (set-frame-font "courier-10")))
 
-(setq inhibit-compacting-font-caches t)
-
 (use-package emojify
   :if window-system
   :commands emojify-mode