How do I byte-compile everything in my .emacs.d directory?

Question

I have decided to check out Emacs, and I liked it very much. Now, I\'m using the Emacs Starter Kit, which sort of provides better defaults and some nice customizations to defaul

Answer 1

This is swaying a bit from the question, but to solve the problem of loading slowly you can use the new daemon feature in Emacs 23.

"If you have a lot of support packages, emacs startup can be a bit slow. However, emacs 23 brings emacs --daemon, which enables you to start emacs in the background (for example when you log in). You can instantly pop up new emacs windows (frames) with emacsclient. Of course, you could already have an emacs 'server' in older versions, but being able to start it in the background makes this a much nicer solution"

From http://emacs-fu.blogspot.com/2009/07/emacs-23-is-very-near.html