Some more emacs config additions from previous repo

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@@ -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.