Doom Modeline

Watch the Video Here

https://github.com/seagle0128/doom-modeline

First install nerd-icons

Run M-x nerd-icons-install-fonts

Install doom-themes

(use-package doom-modeline
  :ensure t
  :init (doom-modeline-mode 1))

Doom Modeline comes with a avast array of customization options.

Some useful customisations

File Name Style Customizations: This allows for a significant amount of personalization in how file paths are displayed in the mode-line.

(setq doom-modeline-buffer-file-name-style 'style)

Given ~/Projects/FOSS/emacs/lisp/comint.el
  auto => emacs/l/comint.el (in a project) or comint.el
  truncate-upto-project => ~/P/F/emacs/lisp/comint.el
  truncate-from-project => ~/Projects/FOSS/emacs/l/comint.el
  truncate-with-project => emacs/l/comint.el
  truncate-except-project => ~/P/F/emacs/l/comint.el
  truncate-upto-root => ~/P/F/e/lisp/comint.el
  truncate-all => ~/P/F/e/l/comint.el
  truncate-nil => ~/Projects/FOSS/emacs/lisp/comint.el
  relative-from-project => emacs/lisp/comint.el
  relative-to-project => lisp/comint.el
  file-name => comint.el
  buffer-name => comint.el<2> (uniquify buffer name)

Continuous Word Count in Specific Modes: For writers or anyone working in Markdown, Org, or other text-based modes, this feature is very useful:

(setq doom-modeline-enable-word-count t)
(setq doom-modeline-continuous-word-count-modes '(markdown-mode gfm-mode org-mode))

Environment Version Display: For developers, who want information about the programming language they are using. One can enable this for different languages like Python, Ruby, Perl, Go, Elixir, and Rust.

(setq doom-modeline-env-version t)
(setq doom-modeline-env-enable-python t) ; similarly for other languages

Notification Integration: If you are interested in integrating Emacs workflow with other tools and services, like GitHub, mu4e (for email), GNUS, and IRC notifications:

(setq doom-modeline-github t)
(setq doom-modeline-mu4e t)
(setq doom-modeline-gnus t)
(setq doom-modeline-irc t)

Time and Battery Display

(setq doom-modeline-battery t)
(setq doom-modeline-time t)

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