Update load process to not tangle org file at every startup

emacs/.emacs.d/init.el

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 ;;;  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
-(setq vc-follow-symlinks t)
 
-;; Load straight.el here to avoid org-mode version conflict
+;; This file is meant to bootstrap ~/init.org, which tangles itself to ~/.emacs.el.
+;; Once init.org has been tangled for the first time, ~/.emacs.el should take
+;; precedence over this file so it will no longer get loaded.
+
+(message "Bootstrapping init file...")
+
+(defvar bootstrapping-init t)
 (defvar bootstrap-version)
 (let ((bootstrap-file
        (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el" user-emacs-directory))
@@ -16,7 +21,9 @@
   (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage))
 
 (straight-use-package 'org-plus-contrib)
-
 (require 'org)
-(org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/init.org"))
-(put 'downcase-region 'disabled nil)
+
+(org-babel-tangle-file
+ (expand-file-name "~/init.org")
+ (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.el"))
+(load-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.el"))

emacs/init.org

@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
+-*- eval: (add-hook 'after-save-hook 'org-babel-tangle 0 t) -*-
 #+PROPERTY: header-args :results silent
-#+PROPERTY: header-args:emacs-lisp :lexical t
+#+PROPERTY: header-args:emacs-lisp :lexical t :tangle ~/.emacs.el
 
-This init file is based on [[https://medium.com/@CBowdon/pinching-the-best-bits-from-spacemacs-869b8c793ad3][this blog post]].
-
-It's meant to be loaded from init.el like so:
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :tangle no
-  (require 'org)
-  (org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "path/to/init.org"))
-#+END_SRC
+This is a literate init file holding my Emacs configuration. It is initially loaded by a [[file:.emacs.d/init.el::;;; -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-][bootstrap file]] that lives at ~/.emacs.d/init.el; after the initial bootstrapping it writes itself to ~/.emacs.el. Since ~/.emacs.el takes priority over ~/.emacs.d/init.el, after the initial bootstrapping process the tangled ~/.emacs.el file will get loaded without needing to load the bootstrap file first.
 
 * Prelude
 Enables lexical binding for everything in init.el:
@@ -20,13 +15,33 @@ Requires:
   (require 'json)
 #+END_SRC
 
+Variables:
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (setq vc-follow-symlinks t)
+#+END_SRC
+
 * Default directory
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (cd "~")
 #+END_SRC
 
 * Packages
-The actual init.el file loads [[https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el][straight.el]] since we need to pull in the correct org-mode version to even load this file.
+Load [[https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el][straight.el]] to manage package installation:
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (defvar bootstrap-version)
+  (unless (boundp 'bootstrapping-init)
+   (let ((bootstrap-file
+	 (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el" user-emacs-directory))
+	(bootstrap-version 5))
+    (unless (file-exists-p bootstrap-file)
+      (with-current-buffer
+	  (url-retrieve-synchronously
+	   "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raxod502/straight.el/develop/install.el"
+	   'silent 'inhibit-cookies)
+	(goto-char (point-max))
+	(eval-print-last-sexp)))
+    (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage)))
+#+END_SRC
 
 `use-package` is a macro that simplifies installing and loading packages.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
@@ -42,20 +57,19 @@ The actual init.el file loads [[https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el][straigh
     (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'benchmark-init/deactivate))
 #+END_SRC
 
-* Solarized
-Solarized is the best color scheme, objectively speaking:
+* Load org mode
+Load org-mode early to [[https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el#the-wrong-version-of-my-package-was-loaded][avoid a version clash]] (but don't load it if the bootstrap file already did):
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (use-package solarized-theme)
-  (require 'solarized-theme)
+  (use-package org
+    :straight org-plus-contrib)
 #+END_SRC
 
 * Doom themes
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (use-package doom-themes)
 
-  (use-package doom-modeline
-    :init
-    (doom-modeline-mode 1))
+  (use-package doom-modeline)
+  (doom-modeline-mode 1)
 #+END_SRC
 
 * Customization File
@@ -670,7 +684,7 @@ A function to reload my init file. It reloads the major mode after the init file
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (defun reload-init-file ()
     (interactive)
-    (load-file "~/.emacs.d/init.el")
+    (load-file "~/.emacs.el")
     (funcall major-mode))
 #+END_SRC