#+title: Emacs Early Initialization

Disable =package.el= at startup so that =elpaca= can enable it on its own.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
#+end_src

Force the use of a =custom.el= file instead of appending to =init.el=.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (setq custom-file (concat user-emacs-directory "custom.el"))
  (when (file-exists-p custom-file)
    (load custom-file))
#+end_src

Disable the default startup screen so Emacs starts in the =scratch= buffer and also defaults to an empty =scratch= buffer.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (setq inhibit-startup-screen t
        initial-scratch-message nil)
#+end_src

Clean up interface by removing unnecessary elements.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(vertical-scroll-bars . nil))
  (push '(tool-bar-lines . 0) default-frame-alist)
  (menu-bar-mode -1)
  (setq frame-resize-pixelwise t)
#+end_src

Set up fonts. I use Source Code Pro (Nerd Font) for =monospace= and Computer Modern for /variable width/.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defvar jj/mono-font)
  (defvar jj/var-font)
  (pcase system-type
    (`gnu/linux
     (setq jj/mono-font "SauceCodePro Nerd Font-11"
           jj/var-font "CMU Serif-14"))
    (`darwin
     (setq jj/mono-font "SauceCodePro Nerd Font-14:weight=thin"
           jj/var-font "CMU Serif-18")))
  (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist
               `(font . ,jj/mono-font))
  (custom-set-faces
   `(variable-pitch ((t :font ,jj/var-font)))
   `(fixed-pitch ((t :font ,jj/mono-font))))
 #+end_src

Default to =modus-operandi= theme for a highly legible light theme.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (load-theme 'modus-operandi)
#+end_src