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diff --git a/.config/emacs/config.org b/.config/emacs/config.org
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--- a/.config/emacs/config.org
+++ b/.config/emacs/config.org
@@ -102,12 +102,27 @@ directory; let’s throw it all in the cache directory instead.
These are just some limits Emacs abides by as far as garbage-collection and
process communication go. They’re pretty low by default though; any modern
-system is capable of much higher.
+system is capable of much higher. To improve startup performance the garbage
+collection theshold is set to the max until Emacs is initialized. Additionally
+the documentation for ~read-process-output-max~ gives us a hint at how large we
+can set it:
+
+#+BEGIN_QUOTE
+
+ On GNU/Linux systems, the value should not exceed
+ =/proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size=. See pipe(7) manpage for details.
+
+#+END_QUOTE
#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
- (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 512 1-MiB)
- read-process-output-max 1-MiB)
+ (setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum)
+ (add-hook 'after-init-hook
+ (lambda () (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 512 1-MiB))))
+
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (insert-file-contents "/proc/sys/fs/pipe-max-size")
+ (setq read-process-output-max (number-at-point)))
#+END_SRC