minor conveniences

config.org

@@ -671,41 +671,54 @@ This is a habit of mine. Whenever a find some good material on a paricular topic
      (find-file "~/.config/i3/config"))
      (global-set-key (kbd "C-c i") '4br/visit-i3config)
   #+END_SRC
-* Short Settings
+* Minor Conveniences
+- First, let’s increase the cache before starting garbage collection:
+  #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
+    (setq gc-cons-threshold 50000000)
+  #+END_SRC
+- Set custom settings to load in own file
+  This stops emacs adding customised settings to init.el. I try to avoid using 
+  customize anyway, preferring programmatic control of variables. Creating it as 
+  a temporary file effectively disables it (i.e. any changes are session local).
+  #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (setq custom-file (make-temp-file "emacs-custom"))
+  #+END_SRC
+#+END_SRC 
 - Inhibit Startup Message
   #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
    (setq inhibit-startup-message t)
   #+END_SRC
+- Found [[https://github.com/wasamasa/dotemacs/blob/master/init.org#init][here]] how to remove the warnings from the GnuTLS library when using HTTPS
+  increase the minimum prime bits size:
+  #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
+    (setq gnutls-min-prime-bits 4096)
+  #+END_SRC
 - Disables Toolbar
    #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
    (tool-bar-mode -1)
    #+END_SRC
-- Numbers on lines
-   #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-   (setq linum-mode t)
-   #+END_SRC
 - Text wrapping
    #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
       (setq visual-line-mode t)
    #+END_SRC
 - Use y/n instead of yes/no
   #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)   
+  (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
   #+END_SRC
 - make home and end buttons do their job
   #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (global-set-key (kbd "<home>") 'move-begining-of-line)
   (global-set-key (kbd "<end>") 'move-end-of-line)
   #+END_SRC
--  don't require two spaces for sentence end.
-  #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (setq sentence-end-double-space nil)
-  #+END_SRC
--  The beeping can be annoying--turn it off
-  #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (setq visible-bell t
-          ring-bell-function 'ignore)
-  #+END_SRC
+- don't require two spaces for sentence end.
+ #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+ (setq sentence-end-double-space nil)
+ #+END_SRC
+- The beeping can be annoying--turn it off
+ #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+ (setq visible-bell t
+         ring-bell-function 'ignore)
+ #+END_SRC
 - Start in fullscreen
   #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   ;(toggle-frame-fullscreen)
@@ -715,9 +728,9 @@ This is a habit of mine. Whenever a find some good material on a paricular topic
   (global-set-key (kbd "C-x w") 'kill-current-buffer)
   #+END_SRC
 - Setting keybinding for eshell
-    #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-       (global-set-key (kbd "C-c s") 'eshell)
-    #+END_SRC
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+(global-set-key (kbd "<M-return>") 'eshell)
+#+END_SRC
 * Parentheses
 - When programming I like my editor to try to help me with keeping parentheses balanced.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp