Questions tagged [fuzzy-search]
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fuzzy completion-style
People more knowlegable than I have suggested that intelligent fuzzy matching and sorting for both minibuffer completion and in-buffer completion could be accomplished by implementing a completion-style.
A style that can match according to an…
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Ignoring curly braces in search
Journal article titles in my BibTeX appear as follows:
Title="{{E}nsure {C}onsistence {C}apitalization in {T}itles}",
This produces consistence output, which I am happy with. However, searching for title text in this file is very difficult.
Is it…
SabreWolfy
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Open file by name matching recursively from current folder
Our project has a folder structure which makes navigating files a bit of a hassle.
basefolder
--> libs
--> libA
--> libB
...
--> utils
--> utilA
...
--> apps
--> appTypeA
---> appA
---> appB
...
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Beginner
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Enabling fuzzy matching in helm-bibtex
Is it possible to enable fuzzy matching in helm-bibtex?
The following example illustrates why it would be very useful to enable it. Imagine that typing "sm" returns these two matches.
Smith 2015
Smith 2016
To choose between the two, the logical…
scaramouche
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How to get fuzzy matching with helm in describe-*?
I have fuzzy matching in helm-apropos with helm-apropos-fuzzy-match set to true. I would like to get fuzzy matching for descibe-function and describe-variable and the like, too. How can I enable it for these?
clemera
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Wait for result of fzf without blocking input
I'm trying to make use of the fzf fuzzy finder to search through a list via a term process. The way I do this is very similar to fuzzy-finder.el or fzf.el. This is by launching fzf with:
(progn
(advice-add 'term-handle-exit :after…
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Google-like search (with several keywords) in local (project) files
Is there a minor-mode/function that let me search through a project with several keywords, in the way I a search for files on google. The result should be, like in search engines on the web, a list of files with the most relevant result at the top. …
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Fuzzy search for directory when you don't know the full directory name
Say I want to find a directory like:
foo/bar/bazz/bar/directory_name_looking_for/stuff.xml
And I don't know the intermediate directory paths, or the full directory name, but remember that the directory has the word looking in it.
I am using flx-ido…
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Restricting helm's fuzzy match to a substring of the candidate
helm sources have a slot named match-part which, IIUC, is the part of the transformed candidate that will be matched. In particular, the source helm-files-in-current-dir-source has the following match-part:
(match-part :initform (lambda (candidate)
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Pradhan
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Doom Emacs (helm +fuzzy) not working
How do I get fuzzy file searching working in Doom with helm?
I found this: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs/issues/1552#issuecomment-510105539
But it's several years old and does not work for me. When I run doom sync I see it's installing flx…
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How to enable fuzzy matching in Ivy's prompt-buffer via use-package?
I used to use Helm and I really liked it. After watching System Crafter's YouTube series called "Emacs from Scratch", I decided to use the configuration showcased. The YouTuber prefers Ivy instead of Helm. This is the configuration for the first…
Pedro Delfino
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Use helm fuzzy search inside ranger inside spacemacs
I am using ranger within spacemacs. One useful feature an explorer in windows (directory opus) I used has, is that by pressing keys it automatically starts to filter files with names corresponding to the keys.
Is there a way to use helms fuzzy…
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