Hackernews doesn't display

[khinshankhan]

I seem to be able to install the package just fine, but it seems hackernews doesn't exist. Eg:

    (setq dashboard-items '((recents  . 5)
                            (hackernews . 7)
                            (agenda . 5)
                            ))

This results in recents and agenda appearing with a blank gap in between them, where hackernews should have been. I was also unable to find many other users using this package. Would it be safe to assume this package is currently broken? Or does this work for other anyone?

[alecvn]

Can confirm it doesn't work for me either, but I would love to have this feature. I will try to look into it if I get some time, but I'm not sure I'd be much help.

[ki-chi]

@kkhan01 @alecvn Did you try M-x dashboard-refresh-buffer on the dashboard?

Hackernews seems to be undisplayed on the dashboard when initially loading it by the function dashboard-setup-startup-hook. I don't recommend you use the function dashboard-setup-startup-hook in your .emacs.d, but you can use both dashboard-insert-startupify-lists and dashboard-refresh-buffer at the initial loading, and display Hackernews.

My settings with use-package below:

(use-package dashboard-hackernews
  :config
  (require 'json))
(use-package dashboard
  :after dashboard-hackernews
  :init (add-hook 'after-init-hook
                  #'(lambda () (progn (dashboard-insert-startupify-lists)
                                        (dashboard-refresh-buffer))))
  :config
  (setq initial-buffer-choice (lambda () (get-buffer "*dashboard*")))
  (setq dashboard-items '((recents  . 10)
                          (hackernews . 10)
                          (bookmarks . 5)
                          (projects . 5)))
  )

[alecvn]

Thanks @ki-chi, it's not that it simply doesn't display for me, it actually breaks my dashboard. I'll have to look into it again to give you more insight.

[themkat]

Know this issue is old now, but do anyone still experience these issues with newer versions of the package? I experienced the issue mentioned by @alecvn and fixed it in #4 , and it is working for me. Just asking in case we can close this issue 🙂