This is a small package which uses nerd-icons to insert icons in the mode line next to the filename, for quicker eye-grepping.
(use-package nerd-icons-mode-line
:ensure t
:vc (:url "https://github.com/grolongo/nerd-icons-mode-line")
:custom
(nerd-icons-mode-line-v-adjust 0.1) ; default value
(nerd-icons-mode-line-size 1.0) ; default value
:config (nerd-icons-mode-line-global-mode t))You can adjust user options nerd-icons-mode-line-v-adjust and nerd-icons-mode-line-size by
small increments for better display if necessary.