emacs-dashboard VS centaur-tabs

https://github.com/emacs-dashboard/emacs-dashboard ?

Niagara takes a configuration file that specifies what the user wants to happen, and then deploys it! I will show an example configuration, and how to use it below. json { "packages": [ "feh", "doas", "picom" ], "config": [ { "option": "wallpaper", "val": "https://github.com/emacs-dashboard/emacs-dashboard/raw/master/banners/emacs.png" }, { "option": "dotfile", "val": [ "https://github.com/kavulox/nvim", "https://github.com/kavulox/picom" ] } ] }

When I'm opening Emacs, I normally want it to display my dashboard. But if I'm opening a file, I just want it to jump straight to the file and not waste time showing the dashboard.

This would be similar to what ace-link does, except that ace-link doesn't work with dashboard, and it uses Avy style keys for selection instead of numbers.

This feature is largely inspired by dashboard, but is implemented differently. Please make a bug report if you encounter any unexpected behaviours.

I got bored by my previous theme and I wanted something new, so I went ahead and made my first theme. It’s based on my current Emacs configuration (you can find a screenshot at the beginning of the page) and especially on the aesthetics of the dashboard package, the Doom Nord theme as well as the Doom modeline.

A good dashboard

I just took a look at centaur-tabs source code, it is not very difficult to write that functionality yourself. I have never used centaur-tabs, so no idea what tabsets and groups and whatnot they use really are, but look at this function:

I have the same problem on multiple platforms with centaur tabs and found this igithub ssue with a workaround: https://github.com/ema2159/centaur-tabs/issues/181

Out of curiosity, did you try centaur-tabs before making your own mode? It might have gotten you reasonably close to what you were after. Though I know from personal experience, that “close” might as well be light years sometimes… lol

centaur-tabs

Centaur tabs can signal unsaved buffers and the buffer's major mode (as an icon). You can hide the modeline completely if that's all you need.

Haven't tried this, but might be worth looking at Centaur-tabs https://github.com/ema2159/centaur-tabs

Honestly there's not much thinking behind my tabs usage. I use centaur tabs which groups relevant tabs together in a way I quite like.

Have you tried centaur-tabs? Seems like that would get you to full parity.