alpha-nvim-fortune

This is a very simple add-on for alpha-nvim by @goolord. It simply adds a fortune() function for use in the plugin that generates a formatted quote at the footer of the landing page when using the dashboard theme.

Only the dashboard theme is supported for now.

Many thanks to @mhinz, the original author of vim-startify who initially compiled this list of quotes and provided this functionality in vim-startify!

Quick start

First follow the instructions at https://github.com/goolord/alpha-nvim/. To add alpha-nvim-fortune with Packer, install the packages with the following lines in your init.lua:

return require('packer').startup(function()
    use 'wbthomason/packer.nvim'
    use {
        'goolord/alpha-nvim',
        requires = {'BlakeJC94/alpha-nvim-fortune'},
        config = function() require("config.alpha") end,
    }
end)

Then in .config/nvim/lua/config/alpha.lua, use the following lines:

local alpha = require("alpha")
local dashboard = require("alpha.themes.dashboard")
local fortune = require("alpha.fortune")

-- Set header
dashboard.section.header.val = {
    -- "                                                     ",
    -- "                                                     ",
    "                                                     ",
    "  ███╗   ██╗███████╗ ██████╗ ██╗   ██╗██╗███╗   ███╗ ",
    "  ████╗  ██║██╔════╝██╔═══██╗██║   ██║██║████╗ ████║ ",
    "  ██╔██╗ ██║█████╗  ██║   ██║██║   ██║██║██╔████╔██║ ",
    "  ██║╚██╗██║██╔══╝  ██║   ██║╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██║╚██╔╝██║ ",
    "  ██║ ╚████║███████╗╚██████╔╝ ╚████╔╝ ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║ ",
    "  ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝   ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝ ",
    "                                                     ",
    -- "                                                     ",
    -- "                                                     ",
    -- "                                                     ",
}

-- Set menu
dashboard.section.buttons.val = {
    dashboard.button( "e", "  > New file" , ":ene <BAR> startinsert <CR>"),
    dashboard.button( "f", "  > Find file", ":cd $HOME/Workspace | Telescope find_files<CR>"),
    dashboard.button( "r", "  > Recent"   , ":Telescope oldfiles<CR>"),
    dashboard.button( "s", "  > Settings" , ":e $MYVIMRC | :cd %:p:h | split . | wincmd k | pwd<CR>"),
    dashboard.button( "q", "  > Quit NVIM", ":qa<CR>"),
}

-- Set footer
dashboard.section.footer.val = fortune()

-- Send config to alpha
alpha.setup(dashboard.opts)

Additionally, you can customize it to better reflect your style or mood:

local options = {
    max_width = 69,
    -- quotes = { -- Your own list
    --     -- {"Quote", '', '- Author'},
    -- }
}

-- Set footer
dashboard.section.footer.val = fortune(options)