spacemacs/init.el

;; from jwiegley
;; https://github.com/jwiegley/dot-emacs/blob/master/init.el
(setq message-log-max 16384)
(defconst emacs-start-time (current-time))

(require 'package)
(setq package-archives '(("ELPA" . "http://tromey.com/elpa/")
                         ("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
                         ("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/")
                         ("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/")))
(package-initialize)
(setq warning-minimum-level :error)

(switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*spacemacs*"))
(defun append-to-spacemacs-buf (msg)
  "Append MSG to buffer."
  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*spacemacs*")
    (goto-char (point-max))
    (insert (format "%s\n" msg))))
(defun replace-last-line-of-spacemacs-buf (msg)
  "Replace the last line of the buffer with MSG."
  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*spacemacs*")
    (goto-char (point-max))
    (delete-region (line-beginning-position) (point-max))
    (insert msg)))

(defconst user-home-directory
  (expand-file-name (concat user-emacs-directory "../"))
  "User home directory (~/).")
(defconst contrib-config-directory
  (expand-file-name (concat user-emacs-directory "contrib/"))
  "Contribution layers base directory.")
(defconst user-dropbox-directory
  (expand-file-name (concat user-home-directory "Dropbox/"))
  "Dropbox directory.")
;; if you have a dropbox, then ~/Dropbox/emacs is added to load path
(add-to-list 'load-path (concat user-dropbox-directory "emacs/"))

;; User configuration file for Spacemacs: ~/.spacemacs 
(load (concat user-home-directory ".spacemacs"))
(dotspacemacs/init)

(load (concat user-emacs-directory "contribsys.el"))
(contribsys/declare-layer 'spacemacs)
(contribsys/declare-configuration-layers)
(contribsys/load-layers)

;; Last configuration decisions are given to the user who can defined them 
;; in ~/.spacemacs
(dotspacemacs/config)

; from jwiegley
;; https://github.com/jwiegley/dot-emacs/blob/master/init.el
;; Display load times after init.el and after all buffers has been loaded
(when window-system
  (let ((elapsed (float-time (time-subtract (current-time)
                                            emacs-start-time))))
    (message "Loading %s...done (%.3fs)" load-file-name elapsed))

  (add-hook 'after-init-hook
            `(lambda ()
               (let ((elapsed (float-time (time-subtract (current-time)
                                                         emacs-start-time))))
                 (message "Loading %s...done (%.3fs) [after-init]"
                          ,load-file-name elapsed)))
            t))

(append-to-spacemacs-buf "\n\nWelcome to Spacemacs!")