I have a serious problem with an extremely slow spacemacs startup (emacs-init-time = ~200s). (The server works, but this is so slow I cannot debug some other problems that I am trying to fix)
My system is windows 10 on a corporate network, which I suspect to be the problem. I am using develop branch v.0.300.0 on Emacs 26.1 (latest build from https://github.com/m-parashar/emax64). (I have tried many older versions with the same problem) I tried the unmodified template init file and also tried to disable as much as possible, but this only gives a small speedup.
The same setup on another computer starts in 20s, so my suspicion is this is related to some network timeout or security feature.
emacs -Q starts in 3s on my work machine, so the problem is in the spacemacs config.
I tried to stop the netlogon service, disabling the network, antivirus, connecting to different networks, VPN, wired ethernet, none of this made a difference.
A related problem is that many commands are incredibly slow, e.g. SPC b b easily takes a minute on first invocation.
runemacs.exe --timed-requires gives me the output below. Basically many packages load very slowly, helm is especially bad, but overall there is no single package that takes most of the time.
I tried to use ivy instead, it speeds things up a bit, but the problem doesn't go away.
Threshold set at 0.150 seconds
package-initialize took 0.854 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Loaded c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+distributions/spacemacs/layers.el: 0.355 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Loaded c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-defaults/config.el: 0.260 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/help-fns.elc: Required radix-tree: 0.309 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/core/libs/quelpa.el: Required help-fns: 0.433 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/core/libs/quelpa.el: Required lisp-mnt: 0.257 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/mail/rfc2231.elc: Required rfc2047: 0.314 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/mail/mail-parse.elc: Required rfc2231: 0.445 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/gnus/mm-decode.elc: Required mail-parse: 0.696 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/gnus/mm-decode.elc: Required mm-bodies: 0.225 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/core/libs/quelpa.el: Required mm-decode: 1.032 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required quelpa: 2.789 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil.el: Required evil-vars: 0.259 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil.el: Required evil-common: 0.337 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/shell.elc: Required comint: 0.180 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil-ex.el: Required shell: 0.316 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil-search.el: Required evil-ex: 0.355 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil.el: Required evil-search: 0.454 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil-commands.el: Required flyspell: 0.220 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil-commands.el: Required ffap: 0.595 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil.el: Required evil-commands: 1.076 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil-integration.el: Required undo-tree: 0.288 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-20180103.2356/evil.el: Required evil-integration: 0.348 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required evil: 2.861 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/cus-edit.elc: Required cus-load: 0.158 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/cus-edit.elc: Required cus-start: 0.159 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required hydra: 0.156 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required use-package: 0.405 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required clean-aindent-mode: 0.878 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required outline: 1.331 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/editorconfig-20171208.2036/editorconfig.el: Required rx: 1.564 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/editorconfig-20171208.2036/editorconfig-core-handle.el: Required editorconfig-fnmatch: 0.506 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/editorconfig-20171208.2036/editorconfig-core.el: Required editorconfig-core-handle: 1.756 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/editorconfig-20171208.2036/editorconfig.el: Required editorconfig-core: 3.016 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required editorconfig: 5.148 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-visual/local/zoom-frm/frame-fns.el: Required avoid: 1.346 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/highlight-20170702.732/highlight.el: Required frame-fns: 1.448 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/highlight-20170702.732/highlight.el: Required menu-bar+: 1.347 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/font-lock+-20170222.1755/font-lock+.el: Loaded font-lock: 1.548 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/highlight-20170702.732/highlight.el: Required font-lock+: 3.149 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/eval-sexp-fu-20131230.1351/eval-sexp-fu.el: Required highlight: 6.743 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required eval-sexp-fu: 7.454 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required evil-anzu: 0.441 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required evil-args: 0.511 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/smartparens-20180118.735/smartparens.el: Required dash: 0.718 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-lisp-state-20160403.1948/evil-lisp-state.el: Required smartparens: 1.571 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required evil-lisp-state: 2.117 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required evil-numbers: 0.645 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/f-20180106.122/f.el: Required s: 0.546 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/evil-unimpaired-20171113.164408/evil-unimpaired.el: Required f: 1.079 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required evil-unimpaired: 1.492 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/flx-ido-20180117.719/flx-ido.el: Required flx: 0.220 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-core-20180118.1305/helm.el: Required async: 0.454 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/dired.elc: Required dired-loaddefs: 1.036 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/wdired.elc: Required dired: 2.013 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-core-20180118.1305/helm-lib.el: Required wdired: 2.626 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-core-20180118.1305/helm.el: Required helm-lib: 3.223 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-core-20180118.1305/helm.el: Required helm-multi-match: 0.763 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-core-20180118.1305/helm.el: Required helm-source: 0.270 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-mode.el: Required helm: 5.118 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required helm-types: 0.288 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-utils.el: Required helm-help: 0.237 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required helm-utils: 0.485 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-grep.el: Required helm-regexp: 0.942 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-grep.el: Required wgrep-helm: 1.048 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required helm-grep: 2.863 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required helm-locate: 1.063 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required helm-tags: 0.424 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required helm-buffers: 0.498 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required dired-aux: 0.625 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required dired-x: 1.639 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/net/tramp-compat.elc: Required parse-time: 2.412 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/net/tramp-compat.elc: Required ucs-normalize: 2.247 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/net/tramp-compat.elc: Required trampver: 1.641 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/net/tramp-compat.elc: Required tramp-loaddefs: 1.939 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/net/tramp.elc: Required tramp-compat: 9.225 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required tramp: 12.112 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/image-dired.elc: Required image-mode: 2.088 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-files.el: Required image-dired: 4.415 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-mode.el: Required helm-files: 24.774 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-navigation/local/info+/info+.el: Required thingatpt+: 1.710 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-navigation/local/info+/info+.el: Required strings: 2.113 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-navigation/local/info+/info+.el: Required fit-frame: 1.879 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-navigation/local/info+/info+.el: Required bookmark+: 1.894 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-navigation/local/info+/info+.el: Required bookmark+: 2.365 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-navigation/local/info+/info+.el: Required bookmark+: 2.843 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-navigation/local/info+/info+.el: Required bookmark+: 2.008 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-navigation/local/info+/info+.el: Required bookmark+: 1.976 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-navigation/local/info+/info+.el: Required bookmark+: 1.651 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required info+: 18.818 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required persp-mode: 0.713 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required popwin: 0.281 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/smartparens-20180118.735/smartparens-config.el: Required smartparens-text: 0.572 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required smartparens-config: 2.156 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/powerline-20180115.1942/powerline-separators.el: Required color: 1.593 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/powerline-20180115.1942/powerline.el: Required powerline-separators: 1.787 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/spaceline-20171111.334/spaceline.el: Required powerline: 2.142 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required spaceline: 2.361 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/spaceline-20171111.334/spaceline-config.el: Required spaceline-segments: 0.191 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required spaceline-config: 0.549 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/progmodes/xref.elc: Required project: 2.301 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/progmodes/etags.elc: Required xref: 4.660 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required etags: 6.515 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose.el: Required window-purpose-utils: 0.351 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose.el: Required window-purpose-configuration: 0.371 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose.el: Required window-purpose-core: 0.364 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose.el: Required window-purpose-layout: 0.341 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose-switch.el: Required let-alist: 2.171 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose.el: Required window-purpose-switch: 2.499 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose.el: Required window-purpose-prefix-overload: 0.877 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose.el: Required window-purpose-fixes: 0.325 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/ibuffer.elc: Required ibuffer-loaddefs: 2.293 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose-x.el: Required ibuffer: 4.204 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose-x.el: Required ibuf-ext: 2.344 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/imenu-list-20171120.1255/imenu-list.el: Required imenu: 2.045 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose-x.el: Required imenu-list: 3.006 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/window-purpose-20171107.659/window-purpose-x.el: Required popup-switcher: 1.946 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Required zone: 2.419 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el: Loaded c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/layers/+spacemacs/spacemacs-defaults/keybindings.el: 0.182 sec File nil: Loaded default: 1.620 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-elisp.el: Required helm-info: 0.884 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-eval.el: Required edebug: 1.477 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-elisp.el: Required helm-eval: 2.306 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-command.el: Required helm-elisp: 4.155 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/url/url.elc: Required mailcap: 2.499 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/url/url-cookie.elc: Required url-util: 1.856 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/url/url-cookie.elc: Required url-domsuf: 1.938 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/url/url.elc: Required url-cookie: 5.862 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/url/url.elc: Required url-history: 2.365 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/url/url-expand.elc: Required url-methods: 2.448 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/url/url.elc: Required url-expand: 4.730 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/url/url.elc: Required url-privacy: 2.498 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/url/url.elc: Required url-proxy: 1.718 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-net.el: Required url: 20.890 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-net.el: Required xml: 1.106 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-net.el: Required browse-url: 1.636 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-external.el: Required helm-net: 24.452 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-for-files.el: Required helm-external: 25.217 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/bookmark.elc: Required pp: 1.073 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-bookmark.el: Required bookmark: 1.748 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-bookmark.el: Required helm-adaptive: 1.637 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-for-files.el: Required helm-bookmark: 4.512 sec File c:/Users/test/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/elpa/develop/helm-20180116.2326/helm-x-files.el: Required helm-for-files: 30.411 sec File nil: Required helm-x-files: 32.364 sec File c:/Program Files (x86)/emacs/share/emacs/26.1/lisp/recentf.elc: Required tree-widget: 1.801 sec File nil: Required recentf: 2.768 sec
I am aware of ESUP and benchmark-init, but I didn't get them to work properly so I used the profiler on SPC f e R (reload the configuration, takes 200s, same problem) with the results shown below.
I don't know what to do with the debug log below, clearly most of the time is spent on very few functions, but I don't know how to proceed from here.
- command-execute 9234 98%
- call-interactively 9234 98%
- funcall-interactively 9234 98%
- dotspacemacs/sync-configuration-layers 9234 98%
- if 9234 98%
- progn 9234 98%
- save-current-buffer 9234 98%
- let 9233 98%
- let 9233 98%
- or 9233 98%
- dotspacemacs/test-dotfile 9233 98%
- let 9179 98%
- if 9179 98%
- save-current-buffer 9179 98%
- org-mode 8734 93%
- load-with-code-conversion 6747 72%
- eval-buffer 6285 67%
- internal-macroexpand-for-load 2765 29%
- macroexpand 2759 29%
- #<compiled 0x100084483> 2617 28%
- eval 2617 28%
- progn 2617 28%
- require 2617 28%
- apply 2617 28%
- ad-Advice-require 2617 28%
- #<subr require> 2475 26%
- byte-code 2467 26%
- require 2466 26%
- apply 2466 26%
- ad-Advice-require 2466 26%
- #<subr require> 2157 23%
- byte-code 2149 22%
- require 2137 22%
- apply 2137 22%
- ad-Advice-require 2137 22%
- #<subr require> 1693 18%
- byte-code 1655 17%
- require 1655 17%
- apply 1655 17%
- ad-Advice-require 1655 17%
- #<subr require> 19 0%
file-truename 19 0%
+ file-truename 26 0%
+ #<compiled 0x385e375> 11 0%
+ custom-declare-face 12 0%
+ file-truename 5 0%
+ #<compiled 0x385e375> 3 0%
gnus-define-keys-1 1 0%
+ #<compiled 0x385e375> 6 0%
+ file-truename 2 0%
+ #<lambda 0x249e0302db8824db> 141 1%
#<compiled 0x100084263> 1 0%
+ macroexpand-all 6 0%
- require 1778 19%
- apply 1778 19%
- ad-Advice-require 1778 19%
- #<subr require> 447 4%
+ byte-code 362 3%
+ load-with-code-conversion 77 0%
+ file-truename 6 0%
+ custom-declare-variable 1 0%
+ substitute-env-in-file-name 1 0%
+ custom-declare-variable 1429 15%
+ defconst 291 3%
+ #<compiled 0x385e375> 7 0%
Is there anything I can do with this profiler output? Looking at the printout, I still don't see what is actually causing the problem. Should I try anything else?
Update: I switched to the latest spacemacs dev, startup time is now reduced to 50s by lazy loading. That postpones the problem and makes it more difficult to debug as now the load time is spread across many functions loaded at different times.
Steps to reproduce the problem:
runemacs.exe --timed-requires --profile
SPC SPC this takes around 1 minute (!) for the prompt to show up
M-x emacs-init-time => will print 50s (emacs-init-time is responsive, no delays once the prompt is available)
M-x benchmark
(helm-mini) => 26s
M-x benchmark
(helm-mini) => 0.6s on 2nd invocation
I have tried to profile helm-mini with M-x profiler-start M-x helm-mini M-x profiler-report, the full profile log is attached here.
https://gist.github.com/db314/3927d22c31bd66d859fe3c3aa25b5aee
Does anyone know how to read this log? All the samples go to 0 for the deeply nested function calls.
