With use-package , users have a powerful tool for configuring packages in a streamlined way (The complete configuration). Continuing with the stylistic refinements to Emacs, the following snippet will show complementary icons in the minibuffer (Configure the minibuffer and related) and in Dired (Tweak the dired Emacs file manager). ( use-package nerd-icons :ensure t ) ( use-package nerd-icons-completion :ensure t :after marginalia :config ( add-hook 'marginalia-mode-hook #' nerd-icons-completion-marginalia-setup )) ( use-package nerd-icons-corfu :ensure t :after corfu :config ( add-to-list 'corfu-margin-formatters #' nerd-icons-corfu-formatter )) ( use-package nerd-icons-dired :ensure t :hook ( dired-mode .