Long story short, `flycheck-popup-tip' works everywhere but only looks
*ok*. `flycheck-pos-tip' looks great, but only in GUI Emacs on Linux.
So we want:
+ GUI Emacs (Linux): pos-tip
+ GUI Emacs (MacOS): popup-tip
+ tty Emacs (anywhere): popup-tip
+ enable lexical-scope everywhere (lexical-binding = t): ~5-10% faster
startup; ~5-20% general boost
+ reduce consing, function calls & garbage collection by preferring
cl-loop & dolist over lambda closures (for mapc[ar], add-hook, and
various cl-lib filter/map/reduce functions) -- where possible
+ prefer functions with dedicated opcodes, like assq (see byte-defop's
in bytecomp.el for more)
+ prefer pcase & cond (faster) over cl-case
+ general refactor for code readability
+ ensure naming & style conventions are adhered to
+ appease byte-compiler by marking unused variables with underscore
+ defer minor mode activation to after-init, emacs-startup or
window-setup hooks; a customization opportunity for users + ensures
custom functionality won't interfere with startup.
If Emacs wasn't built with X, Cocoa or NS display support (as is the
case for evm emacs-25.1-travis build), the fringe library is missing and
throws errors.
