Rewrite to take advantage of outshine-mode

early-init.el

@@ -1,60 +1,67 @@
-;;; early-init.el ~ acdw
-
-;;; this needs to happen first -- speed up init
-(setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum)
-(defvar file-name-handler-alist-old file-name-handler-alist)
-(setq file-name-handler-alist nil)
-(setq message-log-max 16384)
-(setq byte-compile-warnings
-  '(not free-vars unresolved noruntime lexical make-local))
-
-(add-hook 'after-init-hook
-          (lambda ()
-            (setq file-name-handler-alist file-name-handler-alist-old)
-            (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 32 1024 1024)))
-          t)
-
-;;(setq debug-on-error t)
-
-;;; different platforms
-(defconst *acdw/at-work* (eq system-type 'windows-nt))
-(defconst *acdw/at-larry* (string= (system-name) "larry"))
-(defconst *acdw/at-bax* (string= (system-name) "bax"))
-(defconst *acdw/at-home* (or *acdw/at-larry* *acdw/at-bax*))
-
-;; this needs to be before bootstrapping straight.el
-(when *acdw/at-work*
-  (add-to-list 'exec-path "~/bin")
-  (add-to-list 'exec-path "C:/Users/aduckworth/Downloads/PortableGit/bin"))
-
-;;; gui
-(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(tool-bar-lines . 0))
-(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(menu-bar-lines . 0))
-
-(setq inhibit-startup-buffer-menu t)
-(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
-(setq initial-buffer-choice t)
-(setq initial-scratch-message nil)
-
-;;; straight.el ~ github.com/raxod502/straight.el
-
-(setq straight-use-package-by-default t) ; use use-package
-(setq use-package-hook-name-suffix nil) ; don't assume -hook
-
-;; bootstrap
-(defvar bootstrap-version)
-(let ((bootstrap-file
-       (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el"
-                         user-emacs-directory))
-      (bootstrap-version 5))
-  (unless (file-exists-p bootstrap-file)
-    (with-current-buffer
-      (url-retrieve-synchronously
-        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raxod502/straight.el/develop/install.el"
-        'silent 'inhibit-cookies)
-      (goto-char (point-max))
-      (eval-print-last-sexp)))
-  (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage))
-
-;; install use-package with straight
-(straight-use-package 'use-package)
+;;; early-init.el ~ acdw -*- lexical-binding: t; coding: utf-8; fill-column: 85 -*-
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;; `early-init.el' is new as of Emacs 27.1.  It contains ... /early initiation/.
+;; What does that mean?  Who knows.  What I /do know/ is that it runs /before/
+;; `package.el' is loaded, so I can stop it from loading, since I use `straight.el'.
+;; Other than that, there's some other init stuff that needs to happen as early
+;; as possible -- think bootstrap-level.
+
+;;; Speed up startup
+(setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum)
+
+(defvar file-name-handler-alist-old file-name-handler-alist)
+(setq file-name-handler-alist nil)
+
+(setq message-log-max 16384)
+(setq byte-compile-warnings
+      '(not free-vars unresolved noruntime lexical make-local))
+
+;;; Restore stuff after startup
+(add-hook 'after-init-hook
+          (lambda ()
+            (setq file-name-handler-alist file-name-handler-alist-old)
+            (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 32 1024 1024))
+            (garbage-collect))
+          t)
+
+;; (setq debug-on-error t)
+
+;;; Define the platforms I work on
+(defconst *acdw/at-work* (eq system-type 'windows-nt))
+(defconst *acdw/at-larry* (string= (system-name) "larry"))
+(defconst *acdw/at-bax* (string= (system-name) "bax"))
+(defconst *acdw/at-home* (or *acdw/at-larry* *acdw/at-bax*))
+
+;;;; When at work, I have to use Portable Git.
+(when *acdw/at-work*
+  (add-to-list 'exec-path "~/bin")
+  (add-to-list 'exec-path "C:/Users/aduckworth/Downloads/PortableGit/bin"))
+
+;;; `straight.el' ~ github.com/raxod502/straight.el
+
+;;;; Bootstrap
+;; NOTE: this doesn't work on Windows (download straight directly)
+(defvar bootstrap-version)
+(let ((bootstrap-file
+       (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el"
+                         user-emacs-directory))
+      (bootstrap-version 5))
+  (unless (file-exists-p bootstrap-file)
+    (with-current-buffer
+        (url-retrieve-synchronously
+         "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raxod502/straight.el/develop/install.el"
+         'silent 'inhibit-cookies)
+      (goto-char (point-max))
+      (eval-print-last-sexp)))
+  (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage))
+
+;;; Bootstrap `use-package'
+(setq-default use-package-verbose nil
+              use-package-expand-minimally t
+              use-package-enable-imenu-support t
+	      use-package-hook-name-suffix nil)
+
+(straight-use-package 'use-package)
+
+(setq straight-use-package-by-default t)