 of size LOADING-DOTS-CHUNK-THRESHOLD."
   (setq spacemacs-loading-counter (1+ spacemacs-loading-counter))
   (if (>= spacemacs-loading-counter spacemacs-loading-dots-chunk-threshold)
-      (progn 
+      (progn
         (setq spacemacs-loading-counter 0)
         (let ((i 0))
           (while (< i spacemacs-loading-dots-chunk-size)

            (setq i (1+ i))))
        (spacemacs/replace-last-line-of-buffer spacemacs-loading-text)
        (redisplay))))

  ;; banner
  (switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*spacemacs*"))
  (let ((buffer-read-only nil))
    (insert-file-contents (concat spacemacs-core-directory "banner.txt"))
    (spacemacs/insert-buttons))
  ;; evil and evil-leader must be installed at the beginning of the boot sequence
  (spacemacs/load-or-install-package 'evil t)
  (spacemacs/load-or-install-package 'evil-leader t)
