Recreate Neovim's v0.12 intro message in Snack.nvim's dashboard.

snack-dashboard.lua

---
-- Recreating Neovim's v0.12 intro message in Snacks.nvim's dashboard.
-- Based on echasnovski's fancy intro:
-- https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/38378
---

local Snacks = require('snacks')
local version = vim.version()

local fmt = function(str)
  return {align = 'center', text = table.concat(str, '\n')}
end

local fmt_cmd = function(cmd, desc)
  return {
    align = 'left',
    text = {
      {'type '},
      {cmd, hl = 'Identifier'},
      {'<Enter>', hl = 'Special'},
      {desc}
    },
  }
end

local fmt_logo = function(s1, s2)
  return {
    align = 'center',
    text = {
      {s1, hl = 'Special'},
      {s2, hl = 'String'}
    }
  }
end

local sep = function()
  local str = '────────────────────────────────────────────'
  return {align = 'center', text = {str, hl = 'NonText'}}
end

local version_str = string.format(
  'NVIM v%s.%s.%s',
  version.major,
  version.minor,
  version.patch
)

if version.api_prerelease then
  version_str = string.format('%s-dev+%s', version_str, version.build)
end

local dashboard = {
  {
    fmt_logo('│ ','╲ ││'),
    fmt_logo('││','╲╲││'),
    fmt_logo('││',' ╲ │'),
    {align = 'center', text = ''},
    {align = 'center', text = {version_str, hl = 'String'}},
  },
  {
    sep(),
    fmt({
      'Nvim is open source and freely distributable',
      'https://neovim.io/#chat',
    }),
    sep(),
  },
  {
    fmt_cmd(':help nvim', '     if you are new!'),
    fmt_cmd(':checkhealth', '   to optimize Nvim'),
    fmt_cmd(':q', '             to exit'),
    fmt_cmd(':help', '          for help'),
    sep(),
    fmt_cmd(':help news', '     for changelog'),
  },
  {
    sep(),
    fmt({'Help poor children in Uganda!'}),
    fmt_cmd(':help Kuwasha', '  for information')
  }
}

Snacks.setup({
  dashboard = {
    enabled = true,
    width = 44,
    sections = dashboard,
  },
})