added a dashboard that is fully customizable

lua/dashboard.lua

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+local alpha = require("alpha")
+local dashboard = require("alpha.themes.dashboard")
+
+dashboard.section.header.val = {
+	[[░█████╗░░██████╗░█████╗░██╗░░░██╗██╗██╗]],
+	[[██╔══██╗██╔════╝██╔══██╗╚██╗░██╔╝██║██║]],
+	[[███████║╚█████╗░██║░░╚═╝░╚████╔╝░██║██║]],
+	[[██╔══██║░╚═══██╗██║░░██╗░░╚██╔╝░░██║██║]],
+	[[██║░░██║██████╔╝╚█████╔╝░░░██║░░░██║██║]],
+	[[╚═╝░░╚═╝╚═════╝░░╚════╝░░░░╚═╝░░░╚═╝╚═╝]],
+}
+
+dashboard.section.buttons.val = {
+	dashboard.button("e", "New File", ":ene <BAR> startinsert <CR>"),
+	dashboard.button("r", "Recent Files", ":Telescope oldfiles<CR>"),
+	dashboard.button("c", "Config", ":e $MYVIMRC<CR>"),
+	dashboard.button("q", "Quit", ":qa<CR>"),
+}
+
+dashboard.section.footer.val = "Welcome to Neovim! Enjoy!"
+
+dashboard.section.header.opts.hl = "include"
+dashboard.section.buttons.opts.hl = "keyword"
+dashboard.section.footer.opts.hl = "type"
+
+local screen_height = vim.fn.winheight(0)
+local content_height =
+	#dashboard.section.header.val +
+	#dashboard.section.buttons.val +
+	#dashboard.section.footer.val
+
+dashboard.opts.layout = {
+	{ type = "padding", val = math.floor((screen_height - content_height) / 2) },
+	dashboard.section.header,
+	{ type = "padding", val = 2 },
+	dashboard.section.buttons,
+	{ type = "padding", val = 1 },
+	dashboard.section.footer,
+}
+
+alpha.setup(dashboard.opts)