Big .emacs files
If you have a big .emacs file you should compile the Lisp into a file
(estart.elc, say) by copying ~/.emacs
into ~/estart.el
(the `.el'
extension denotes `Emacs Lisp') then using
M-x byte-compile-file on this to create ~/estart.elc
(the
`.elc'
extension denotes `Emacs Lisp Compiled')
so that in your .emacs file you can just have (load ``~/estart.elc'')
.