emacs: perform cosmetics-related init customizations first
emacs: perform cosmetics-related init customizations first

Doing cosmetics-related init stuff first makes makes the visual changes during
startup a little less erratic (e.g., we see the menu bar go away rather
quickly).

listx/syscfg,listx/syscfg,listx/syscfg,listx/syscfg,listx/syscfg