lazy load dashboard

init.lua

@@ -54,5 +54,4 @@ vim.api.nvim_exec(
 
 require "zenmode"
 require "whichkey"
-require "dashboard"
 require("nvim_comment").setup()

lua/dashboard.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+local M = {}
+
+M.config = function()
     local g = vim.g
 
+    g.dashboard_disable_at_vimenter = 1 -- dashboard is disabled by default
     g.dashboard_disable_statusline = 1
     g.dashboard_default_executive = "telescope"
     g.dashboard_custom_header = {
@@ -33,3 +37,6 @@ g.dashboard_custom_footer = {
         "   ",
         "NvChad v0.5"
     }
+end
+
+return M

lua/mappings.lua

@@ -104,3 +104,10 @@ map(
 )
 
 map("n", "<Leader>fm", [[<Cmd> Neoformat<CR>]], opt)
+
+-- dashboard stuff
+map("n", "<Leader>fw", [[<Cmd> Telescope live_grep<CR>]], opt)
+map("n", "<Leader>fn", [[<Cmd> DashboardNewFile<CR>]], opt)
+map("n", "<Leader>bm", [[<Cmd> DashboardJumpMarks<CR>]], opt)
+map("n", "<Leader>sl", [[<Cmd> SessionLoad<CR>]], opt)
+map("n", "<Leader>ss", [[<Cmd> SessionSave<CR>]], opt)

lua/pluginList.lua

@@ -83,7 +83,18 @@ return packer.startup(
         use "nvim-lua/popup.nvim"
 
         -- misc
-        use "glepnir/dashboard-nvim"
+        use {
+            "glepnir/dashboard-nvim",
+            cmd = {
+                "Telescope live_grep",
+                "DashboardNewFile",
+                "DashboardJumpMarks"
+            },
+            setup = function()
+                require("dashboard").config()
+            end
+        }
+
         use "tweekmonster/startuptime.vim"
 
         -- load autosave plugin only if its globally enabled

lua/telescope-nvim.lua

@@ -68,14 +68,6 @@ vim.api.nvim_set_keymap(
     [[<Cmd>lua require('telescope').extensions.media_files.media_files()<CR>]],
     opt
 )
-
 vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>fb", [[<Cmd>lua require('telescope.builtin').buffers()<CR>]], opt)
 vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>fh", [[<Cmd>lua require('telescope.builtin').help_tags()<CR>]], opt)
 vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>fo", [[<Cmd>lua require('telescope.builtin').oldfiles()<CR>]], opt)
-
--- dashboard stuff
-vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>fw", [[<Cmd> Telescope live_grep<CR>]], opt)
-vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>fn", [[<Cmd> DashboardNewFile<CR>]], opt)
-vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>bm", [[<Cmd> DashboardJumpMarks<CR>]], opt)
-vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>sl", [[<Cmd> SessionLoad<CR>]], opt)
-vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>ss", [[<Cmd> SessionSave<CR>]], opt)