refactor(alpha): Use IIFE to inc. optimally

Increase performance by not sending unecessary objects like ascii_arts
and fortunes in the config.

lua/custom/plugins/alpha.lua

@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
-return {
+return (function()
-  'goolord/alpha-nvim',
-  dependencies = { 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons' }, -- removing fortune from dependencies fixed the highlighting(only for predefined highlights)
-  config = function()
-    local alpha = require("alpha")
-    local dashboard = require("alpha.themes.dashboard")
-
   math.randomseed(os.time())
-
+  local _ascii_arts = {
-    local ascii_arts = {
     kraken = {
       "                                   ",
       "                                   ",
@@ -268,19 +261,8 @@ return {
     },
   }
 
-    dashboard.section.header.val = ascii_arts['pacman'] -- require("ascii").art.gaming.pacman['basic']
+  local _getFortune = function()
-
+    local _fortunes = {
-    -- Set menu
-    dashboard.section.buttons.val = {
-      dashboard.button("e", "  New file", ":ene <BAR> startinsert <CR>"),
-      dashboard.button("r", "  Recently used files", ":Telescope oldfiles<CR>"),
-      dashboard.button("f", "  Find file", ":Telescope find_files<CR>"),
-      dashboard.button("t", "  Find text", ":Telescope live_grep <CR>"),
-      dashboard.button("q", "  Quit NVIM", ":qa<CR>"),
-    }
-
-    local getFortune = function()
-      local fortunes = {
       ' \nI\'m sick of following my dreams, man. I\'m just going\nto ask where they\'re going and hook up with ’em later.\n \n—Mitch Hedberg',
       ' \nBefore you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in\ntheir shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a\nmile away from them and you have their shoes. \n \n—Jack Handey',
       'Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are. —Will Ferrell',
@@ -306,17 +288,35 @@ return {
       ' \nYou\'re everything I want in someone I don\'t want\nanymore.',
       ' \nFriendships must be built on a solid foundation of\nalcohol, sarcasm, inappropriateness, and shenanigans.',
     }
-      return fortunes[math.random(1, #fortunes)]
+    return _fortunes[math.random(1, #_fortunes)]
   end
 
+  return {
+    'goolord/alpha-nvim',
+    dependencies = { 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons' }, -- removing fortune from dependencies fixed the highlighting(only for predefined highlights)
+    config = function()
+      local alpha = require("alpha")
+      local dashboard = require("alpha.themes.dashboard")
+
+      dashboard.section.header.val = _ascii_arts['pacman'] -- require("ascii").art.gaming.pacman['basic']
+
+      -- Set menu
+      dashboard.section.buttons.val = {
+        dashboard.button("e", "  New file", ":ene <BAR> startinsert <CR>"),
+        dashboard.button("r", "  Recently used files", ":Telescope oldfiles<CR>"),
+        dashboard.button("f", "  Find file", ":Telescope find_files<CR>"),
+        dashboard.button("t", "  Find text", ":Telescope live_grep <CR>"),
+        dashboard.button("q", "  Quit NVIM", ":qa<CR>"),
+      }
+
       -- Set footer
       --[[local handle = assert(io.popen('fortune -s'))
     local fortune = handle:read("*all")
     handle:close()]]
-    dashboard.section.footer.val = getFortune() -- require('alpha.fortune')()
+      dashboard.section.footer.val = require('alpha.fortune')()
       dashboard.section.header.opts.hl = "Error"
       dashboard.section.buttons.opts.hl = "Debug"
-    dashboard.section.footer.opts.hl = "Constant"
+      dashboard.section.footer.opts.hl = "NonText"
       dashboard.config.opts.noautocmd = true
 
       vim.cmd [[autocmd User AlphaReady echo 'ready']]
@@ -324,3 +324,4 @@ return {
       alpha.setup(dashboard.opts)
     end
   }
+end)()