Fixing custom start file for emacs and emacsclient

.config/doom/config.org

@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 - [[#calendar][CALENDAR]]
 - [[#centaur-tabs][CENTAUR-TABS]]
 - [[#clippy][CLIPPY]]
-- [[#dashboard][DASHBOARD]]
-  - [[#configuring-dashboard][Configuring Dashboard]]
-  - [[#dashboard-in-emacsclient][Dashboard in Emacsclient]]
 - [[#dired][DIRED]]
   - [[#keybindings-to-open-dired][Keybindings To Open Dired]]
   - [[#keybindings-within-dired][Keybindings Within Dired]]
@@ -56,6 +53,7 @@
 - [[#registers][REGISTERS]]
 - [[#shells][SHELLS]]
 - [[#splits][SPLITS]]
+- [[#start-page][START PAGE]]
 - [[#winner-mode][WINNER MODE]]
 - [[#zap-to-char][ZAP TO CHAR]]
 
@@ -246,42 +244,6 @@ Gives us a popup box with "Clippy, the paper clip". You can make him say various
 
 #+end_src
 
-* DASHBOARD
-Emacs Dashboard is an extensible startup screen showing you recent files, bookmarks, agenda items and an Emacs banner.
-
-** Configuring Dashboard
-#+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(use-package dashboard
-  :init      ;; tweak dashboard config before loading it
-  (setq dashboard-set-heading-icons t)
-  (setq dashboard-set-file-icons t)
-  (setq dashboard-banner-logo-title "\nKEYBINDINGS:\
-\nFind file               (SPC .)     \
-Open buffer list    (SPC b i)\
-\nFind recent files       (SPC f r)   \
-Open the eshell     (SPC e s)\
-\nOpen dired file manager (SPC d d)   \
-List of keybindings (SPC h b b)")
-  ;;(setq dashboard-startup-banner 'logo) ;; use standard emacs logo as banner
-  (setq dashboard-startup-banner "~/.config/doom/doom-emacs-dash.png")  ;; use custom image as banner
-  (setq dashboard-center-content nil) ;; set to 't' for centered content
-  (setq dashboard-items '((recents . 5)
-                          ;; (agenda . 5 ) ;; Agenda crashes Dashboard if using custom org-agenda.
-                          (bookmarks . 5)
-                          (projects . 5)
-                          (registers . 5)))
-  :config
-  (dashboard-setup-startup-hook)
-  (dashboard-modify-heading-icons '((recents . "file-text")
-                                    (bookmarks . "book"))))
-#+end_src
-
-** Dashboard in Emacsclient
-This setting ensures that emacsclient always opens on *dashboard* rather than *scratch*.
-#+begin_src emacs-lisp
-(setq doom-fallback-buffer-name "*dashboard*")
-#+end_src
-
 * DIRED
 Dired is the file manager within Emacs.  Below, I setup keybindings for image previews (peep-dired).  Doom Emacs does not use 'SPC d' for any of its keybindings, so I've chosen the format of 'SPC d' plus 'key'.
 
@@ -1296,6 +1258,14 @@ I set splits to default to opening on the right using 'prefer-horizontal-split'.
       :desc "Clone indirect buffer other window" "b c" #'clone-indirect-buffer-other-window)
 #+END_SRC
 
+* START PAGE
+Instead of using Doom's Dashboard or the Emacs Dashboard program, I have decided to just set an custom start file as my "dashboard" since it allows me more customization options.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(setq initial-buffer-choice "~/.config/doom/start.org")
+
+#+end_src
+
 * WINNER MODE
 Winner mode has been included with GNU Emacs since version 20.  This is a global minor mode and, when activated, it allows you to “undo” (and “redo”) changes in the window configuration with the key commands 'SCP w <left>' and 'SPC w <right>'.