Add straight

.gitignore

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ dist/
 # Flycheck
 flycheck_*.el
 
+# Straight
+straight/
+
 # server auth directory
 /server/
 
@@ -48,7 +51,6 @@ flycheck_*.el
 # network security
 /network-security.data
 
-
 # ---> Linux
 *~
 

init.el

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+;; -*- coding: utf-8; lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;;; Prolog
+
+(let ((minver "26.1"))
+  (when (version< emacs-version minver)
+    (error "Emacs v%s or higher is required." minver)))
+
+;; don't GC during startup to save time
+(setq gc-cons-percentage 0.6)
+(setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum)
+
+;;; straight and use-package setup
+
+(defconst straight-use-package-by-default 't)
+(defconst bootstrap-version 5)
+(let ((bootstrap-file
+       (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el" user-emacs-directory)))
+  (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))
+
+
+;;; Epilog
+
+;; Set some more modern defaults for gc
+;; https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/55ork0/is_emacs_251_noticeably_slower_than_245_on_windows/
+;; https://github.com/emacs-lsp/lsp-mode#performance
+(setq gc-cons-threshold (* 100 1024 1024))
+(setq gc-cons-percentage 0.1) ; original value
+;; (setq garbage-collection-messages t)) ; gc debugging
+(run-with-idle-timer 5 nil #'garbage-collect)
+
+;;; Local Variables:
+;;; no-byte-compile: t
+;;; End: