Add the Garbage Collector Magic Hack

2 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index f53a8bc..f183fcc 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
 
 
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;; Performance hacks
+;; ------------------
+;; These hacks subjectively make Emacs perform "better"
+;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+;; Defer garbage collection until later in the startup process
+(setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum
+      gc-cons-percentage 0.6)
+
+
+
+
+;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;;; UI Adjustments
 ;; ---------------
 ;; The primary goal of this Section is to prevent Emacs from flashing or
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 209a9a4..74e9d8a 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -59,6 +59,25 @@
 
 
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+;; Performance hacks
+;; -----------------
+;; These hacks subjectively make Emacs perform "better"
+;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+;; Garbage Collector Magic Hack
+(use-package gcmh
+  :straight t
+  :defer t
+  :init
+  (setq gcmh-idle-delay 15
+        gcmh-idle-delay-factor 10
+        gcmh-high-cons-threshold (* 16 (* 1024 1024)))  ;16mb
+  :hook (after-init-hook . gcmh-mode))
+
+
+
+
+;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;;; Graphical Environment
 ;; ----------------------
 ;; MMOSMacs is intended to be my entire Desktop Environment.