        ;;word-wrap         ; soft wrapping with language-aware indent
 
        :emacs
-       dired             ; making dired pretty [functional]
+       (dired +icons)             ; making dired pretty [functional]
        electric          ; smarter, keyword-based electric-indent
-       ;;ibuffer         ; interactive buffer management
+       (ibuffer +icons)         ; interactive buffer management
        undo              ; persistent, smarter undo for your inevitable mistakes
        vc                ; version-control and Emacs, sitting in a tree
 

       company           ; the ultimate code completion backend
       ;;helm              ; the *other* search engine for love and life
       ;;ido               ; the other *other* search engine...
       ;;ivy               ; a search engine for love and life
       vertico           ; the search engine of the future

       :ui
       ;;deft              ; notational velocity for Emacs

       ;;swift             ; who asked for emoji variables?
       ;;terra             ; Earth and Moon in alignment for performance.
       ;;web               ; the tubes
       (yaml +lsp)             ; JSON, but readable
       ;;zig               ; C, but simpler

       :email
