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+;;; welcome.el --- A dashboard that welcomes you!    -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2023  Joseph Ferano
+
+;; Author: Joseph Ferano <joseph@ferano.io>
+;; Keywords: init, welcome, dashboard, startup
+
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; Something something minimalism and dasboards
+
+;;; Code:
+
+
+;; (require 'dashboard)
+;; (defun dashboard-center-text (start end)
+;;   "Center the text between START and END."
+;;   (save-excursion
+;;     (goto-char start)
+;;     (let ((width 0))
+;;       (while (< (point) end)
+;;         (let* ((line-str (buffer-substring (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)))
+;;                (line-length (dashboard-str-len line-str)))
+;;           (setq width (max width line-length)))
+;;         (forward-line 1))
+;;       (let ((prefix (propertize " " 'display `(space . (:align-to (- center ,(/ width 2)))))))
+;;         (add-text-properties start end `(line-prefix ,prefix indent-prefix ,prefix))))))
+
+;; (defun dashboard-insert-center (&rest strings)
+;;   "Insert STRINGS in the center of the buffer."
+;;   (let ((start (point)))
+;;     (apply #'insert strings)
+;;     (dashboard-center-text start (point))))
+
+(defvar welcome-load-project-map (make-sparse-keymap)
+  "High precedence keymap.")
+
+(defun welcome--open-project ()
+  "Open the directory at point in dired."
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((path (file-truename (substring-no-properties
+                              (thing-at-point 'filename)))))
+    (project-switch-project path)))
+
+;; (evil-define-key 'normal 'joe/welcome-load-project-map (kbd "RET") #'joe/welcome-open-project)
+
+;;
+;; Look into (text-property-search-forward)
+;;           (text-property-search-backward)
+;;
+
+(defun welcome--load-bookmarks ()
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (if (file-exists-p bookmark-file)
+        (progn 
+          (insert-file-contents bookmark-file)
+          (goto-char (point-min))
+          (let ((bmarks (read (current-buffer))))
+            (mapcar (lambda (bm) (cons (car bm) (cdr (nth 1 bm)))) bmarks)))
+      (list '("No Bookmark Fls")))))
+
+(defun welcome--load-projects ()
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (insert-file-contents project-list-file)
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (let ((contents (apply #'append (read (current-buffer)))))
+      (if contents
+          (seq-subseq contents 0 (min (length contents) 4))
+        "No Projects"))))
+
+(defun welcome--recent-files ()
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (insert-file-contents recentf-save-file)
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (let ((contents (apply #'append (read (current-buffer)))))
+      (if contents
+          (seq-subseq contents 0 (min (length contents) 8))
+        "No Recent Files"))))
+
+(defun welcome--recent-files ()
+  (if recentf-list
+      (seq-subseq recentf-list 0 (min (length recentf-list) 8))
+    "No Recent Files"))
+
+(defun welcome--render-dash ()
+  "Show Welcome buffer"
+  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Welcome*")
+    (buffer-size)
+    (erase-buffer)
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (insert-image (create-image "/home/joe/.config/emacs/elisp/Emacs@256.png"))
+    (insert "\n\n\n")
+    (insert "Welcome to Emacs!\n\n")
+    ;; (dashboard-insert-center "testing this thing out\n\n")
+    (let* ((time-str (emacs-init-time))
+           (time (string-to-number (car (split-string time-str)))))
+      (insert (format "It took %.3f seconds to start up\n\n" time)))
+    (insert "Happy hacking!\n\n")
+    (insert "Projects:\n")
+    (dolist (proj (welcome--load-projects))
+      (insert (format "\t%s\n" proj)))
+    (insert "\nRecent Files:\n")
+    (dolist (file (welcome--recent-files))
+      (insert (format "\t%s\n" file)))
+    (insert "\nBookmarks:\n")
+    (dolist (bmark (welcome--load-bookmarks))
+      (insert (format "\t%s - %s\n" (car bmark) (cdr bmark))))
+    ;; (insert (propertize (format "\t%s\n" proj) :keymap joe/welcome-load-project-map)))
+    (setq cursor-type nil)
+    (switch-to-buffer (current-buffer))
+    (goto-char 86)
+    (display-line-numbers-mode 0)
+    (olivetti-mode)
+    (read-only-mode +1)
+    (current-buffer)))
+
+(setq initial-buffer-choice #'welcome--render-dash)
+
+(provide 'welcome)
+;;; welcome.el ends here
diff --git a/.config/emacs/init.org b/.config/emacs/init.org
index 11593e9..18360ef 100644
--- a/.config/emacs/init.org
+++ b/.config/emacs/init.org
@@ -2947,7 +2947,7 @@ over as explained [[https://manueluberti.eu/2018/02/17/magit-bury-buffer.html][h
 ** Initial Buffer
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(load-file "/home/joe/Dotfiles/.config/emacs/elisp/welcome.el")
+(load-file "/home/joe/.config/emacs/elisp/welcome.el")
 #+end_src
 
 * COMMENT Local variables
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0d41af..fbaa5f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 .config/emacs/*
 !.config/emacs/init.org
+!.config/emacs/elisp/
+!.config/emacs/elisp/welcome.el
+!.config/emacs/Emacs@256.png
 /.config/nvim/plugin/
 .config/magit/*
 !.config/magit/init.el