Some more emacs config additions from previous repo

.emacs

@@ -6,25 +6,3 @@
 (org-babel-load-file
  (expand-file-name "config.org"
                    user-emacs-directory))
-(custom-set-variables
- ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
- ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
- ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
- ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
- '(package-selected-packages
-   '(alert all-the-icons-dired cape ccls company consult-org-roam corfu
-	   dashboard dired-hide-dotfiles direnv doom-modeline
-	   doom-themes engrave-faces erc-hl-nicks erc-image ess
-	   evil-collection evil-numbers evil-org flycheck general
-	   go-mode haskell-mode helpful json-mode ledger-mode
-	   lsp-haskell lsp-ui magit marginalia mu4e multi-vterm
-	   nix-mode orderless org-modern perspective projectile
-	   python-mode rainbow-delimiters rustic typescript-mode
-	   undo-tree vertico web-mode yaml-mode yara-mode)))
-(custom-set-faces
- ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
- ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
- ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
- ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
- '(whitespace-space ((t (:foreground "#384551"))))
- '(whitespace-tab ((t (:foreground "#384551")))))

.emacs.d/config.org

@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@ Enabling global auto revert in Emacs so that changes across a shared file system
 (setq auto-revert-verbose 1)
 #+end_src
 
+** Relocate Emacs Files 
+
+Change location of custom file. This will stop *custom* from appending to the config file.
+
+#+begin_src elisp
+(setq custom-file "~/.emacs.d/custom.el")
+(unless (file-exists-p custom-file)
+    (make-empty-file custom-file))
+(load custom-file)
+#+end_src
+
+This moves the backup files so that Emacs doesn't clutter up directories with backup files.
+#+begin_src elisp
+(setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/.emacs.d/backups/")))
+#+end_src
+
 ** Remap Quit Key
 
 Remap quit command to make it easier to rescue a buffer. With this function, escape will be used instead of ~C-g~.
@@ -310,6 +326,28 @@ Projectile is a package for managing various /projects/ in emacs. It adds functi
          ("C-x C-g" . magit-status)))
 #+end_src
 
+* Other Packages
+
+** Dashboard
+
+The ~dashboard~ package provides a nice dashboard when first starting up emacs.
+
+#+begin_src elisp
+(use-package dashboard
+  :init
+  (setq initial-buffer-choice (lambda () (get-buffer-create "*dashboard*"))
+        dashboard-startup-banner 'logo
+        dashboard-icon-type 'nerd-icons
+        dashboard-set-file-icons t
+        dashboard-set-heading-icons t
+        dashboard-items '((projects . 5)
+                          (recents . 5)
+                          (agenda . 5)))
+  :config
+  (set-face-attribute 'dashboard-items-face nil :font "Maple Mono" :height 140)
+  (dashboard-setup-startup-hook))
+#+end_src
+
 * Import Other Files
 
 Function to include other config files.