add use-package statistics and add it to dashboard

settings/gui-settings.el

@@ -205,6 +205,28 @@
   :load-path "lisp/dashboard"
   :delight (dashboard-mode "🅓")
   :config
+  ;; because we use `use-package' include `use-package-statistics' if computed
+  (defun my-dashboard-init-info ()
+    (let ((package-count 0) (time (emacs-init-time)))
+      (when (bound-and-true-p package-alist)
+        (setq package-count (length package-activated-list)))
+      (when (boundp 'straight--profile-cache)
+        (setq package-count (+ (hash-table-size straight--profile-cache) package-count)))
+      ;; added case
+      (when use-package-compute-statistics
+        (setq package-count (+ (hash-table-size use-package-statistics) package-count)))
+      (if (zerop package-count)
+          (format "Emacs started in %s" time)
+        (format "%d packages loaded in %s" package-count time))))
+  (setq dashboard-init-info (my-dashboard-init-info))
+  ;; overwrite bc/ to recompute `dashboard-init-info' on refresh
+  (defun dashboard-insert-init-info ()
+    "Insert init info when `dashboard-set-init-info' is t."
+    (when dashboard-set-init-info
+      (setq dashboard-init-info (my-dashboard-init-info))  ;; ADDED
+      (dashboard-center-line dashboard-init-info)
+      (insert (propertize dashboard-init-info 'face 'font-lock-comment-face))))
+  "Init info with packages loaded and init time."
   (setq dashboard-startup-banner 'logo)
   (setq dashboard-set-navigator t)
   ;; (setq dashboard-navigator-buttons  ;; Format: "(icon title help action face prefix suffix)"

settings/pre-settings.el

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 (require 'use-package)                             ;; requires bind-key
 (setq use-package-verbose t)
+(setq use-package-compute-statistics t)
 (use-package delight)                              ;; used for use-package :delight, see delight-delighted-modes
 
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