feat: modules: Add popper-config for popup window management

Introduce popper-config.el to manage secondary buffers as popup
windows using popper.el. This configuration includes keybindings for
toggling, cycling, and promoting popups, and sets up popper with
specific buffer references and display settings. This enhances the
user experience by managing secondary buffers efficiently.

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+;;; popper-config.el --- secondary buffers to popup -*- lexical-binding: t; coding: utf-8; -*-
+;; author: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
+;;
+;;; Commentary:
+;;
+;; Configuration for popper.el, which manages secondary buffers as popup windows.
+;; Popup buffers (like *Messages*, help, and compilation output) are displayed in
+;; a dedicated bottom window and can be easily toggled, cycled, or promoted to
+;; regular windows.
+;;
+;; Keybindings:
+;;   C-`   - Toggle popup window visibility
+;;   M-`   - Cycle through open popup buffers
+;;   C-M-` - Promote popup to regular window or demote back to popup
+;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(use-package popper
+  :bind (("C-`"   . popper-toggle)
+         ("M-`"   . popper-cycle)
+         ("C-M-`" . popper-toggle-type))
+  :custom
+  (popper-display-control-nil)
+  :init
+  (setq popper-reference-buffers
+        '("\\*Messages\\*"
+          "Output\\*$"
+          "\\*Async Shell Command\\*"
+          help-mode
+          compilation-mode))
+  (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
+               '(popper-display-control-p  ; Predicate to match popper buffers
+                 (display-buffer-in-side-window)
+                 (side . bottom)
+                 (slot . 0)
+                 (window-height . 0.5)))  ; Half the frame height
+  (popper-mode +1)
+  (popper-echo-mode +1))
+
+(provide 'popper-config)
+;;; popper-config.el ends here.