Use doom-modeline

init.el

@@ -60,17 +60,6 @@
   ;; Load the dark theme by default.
   (load-theme 'havoc-dark t) ;; Load personal theme
 
-  ;; Modeline -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-  (size-indication-mode 1)
-  (column-number-mode 1)
-
-  ;; TODO figure out how to deal with powerline not being installed by default
-  (use-package powerline
-    :ensure t
-    :init
-    (powerline-default-theme))
-
   ;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   ;; Change file in which custom variable changes are saved.
   ;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------

modules/modeline.el

@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 
 (setq emodule/modeline-packages
 
-      '(powerline)
+      '(
+        all-the-icons
+        doom-modeline
+        )
 
       )
 
@@ -25,6 +28,14 @@
 
 (defun emodule/modeline-init ()
 
-
+  ;; Note that doom-modeline requires all-the-icons which in turn require the
+  ;; user to manually install the fonts with the command `M-x
+  ;; all-the-icons-install-fonts'.
+  (use-package doom-modeline
+    :defer t
+    :config
+    (setq-default doom-modeline-height 23)
+    :hook
+    (after-init . doom-modeline-init))
 
   )