Run emacs garbage collection when idle.

This is to hopefully avoid running garbage collection while I am actively interacting with emacs, which should theoretically result in a smoother experience.

ansible/roles/emacs/files/early-init.el

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-(setq gc-cons-threshold 100000000) ;; Increase garbage collection threshold for performance (default 800000)
+(setq gc-cons-threshold (* 128 1024 1024)) ;; Increase garbage collection threshold for performance (default 800000)
 ;; Increase amount of data read from processes, default 4k
-(when (>= emacs-major-version 27)
+(when (version<= "27.0" emacs-version)
   (setq read-process-output-max (* 1024 1024)) ;; 1mb
   )
 

ansible/roles/emacs/files/elisp/base.el

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
  ;; Don't pop up a small window at the bottom of emacs at launch.
  inhibit-startup-screen t
  inhibit-startup-message t
+ ;; Don't show the list of buffers when opening many files.
+ inhibit-startup-buffer-menu t
  ;; Give the scratch buffer a clean slate.
  initial-major-mode 'fundamental-mode
  initial-scratch-message nil
@@ -81,4 +83,12 @@
 (setopt auto-revert-check-vc-info t)
 (global-auto-revert-mode)
 
+;;;;; Performance
+;; Run garbage collect when emacs is idle
+(run-with-idle-timer 5 t (lambda () (garbage-collect)))
+(add-function :after after-focus-change-function
+              (lambda ()
+                (unless (frame-focus-state)
+                  (garbage-collect))))
+
 (provide 'base)

ansible/roles/emacs/files/elisp/common-lsp.el

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   :hook (eglot-managed-mode . company-mode)
   :config
   (setq company-backends '((company-capf)))
+  (setq company-idle-delay 0) ;; Default 0.2
   )
 
 ;; (use-package company-box

ansible/roles/vscode/files/settings.json

@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
   "[python]": {
     "editor.defaultFormatter": "ms-python.black-formatter",
     "editor.formatOnSave": true
-  }
+  },
+  "black-formatter.importStrategy": "fromEnvironment"
 }