More lenient queries

[michaelhelmick]

I submitted feedback in Atom.app, but I ultimately thought it would be a good idea to post it here.

As you can see my query lass soci and lass fil soc both returned social.py in the results which is nested in lassie/filters/social.py

In atom, if I wanted to use Fuzzy Finder to find social.py I would have to type exactly lassie/filters to get a list of the files in filters or social.py -- But in, say, a Django project, where you have multiple urls.py, it might not be as easy to search just urls.py; you could get a ton of results.

Say my app/folder name was campaigns, I'd like to be able to search camp urls and that return me project/campaigns/urls.py in the results.

This functionality is similar to how Sublime Text returns results.

[amccloud]

It would also be nice if cmpgn ur would return project/campaigns/urls.py. Maybe we can use https://github.com/rmm5t/liquidmetal?

[kevinsawicki]

Yeah, we currently use https://github.com/atom/fuzzaldrin but are open to whatever works best.

[amccloud]

I don't see fuzzaldrin mentioned anywhere in this project. Is that logic
client or server side.

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[kevinsawicki]

Sorry, should have mentioned more, it is managed by the SelectListView superclass here: https://github.com/atom/fuzzy-finder/blob/master/lib/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee#L6

SelectListView is in the public API but the source for it isn't available. All the filter boxes, cmd-t, cmd-shift-p, cmd-r, all use the same filter code, fuzzaldrin.

http://atom.io/docs/api/v0.60.0/api/classes/SelectListView.html

[amccloud]

@michaelhelmick given matching candidates /bar/foo and /foo/bar with the input br f it's clear that /bar/foo should score higher. When given matching candidates /bar/foo and /foo/bar foo, with the same input, which one should score higher? I believe /foo/bar foo should.

I've started specs for this in fuzzaldrin atom/fuzzaldrin#3

[paulozoom]

Besides paths, something else that I think people do quite frequently is typing the extension as part of the search e.g. forms css, login html. This is especially useful when strong naming conventions are enforced, such as in Rails projects.

Right now, it seems as fuzzy-finder ignores extensions completely. It'd be good to have them included.

[adammeghji]

@amccloud that PR works well -- in my case, I also want spaces to match underscores in filenames, and your modification seems to accommodate that use case as well. Thanks!

[michaelhelmick]

@paulozoom That's a good idea, I do that often too -- type the file extension at the end to try and get clearer results.

@amccloud I think /foo/bar foo could score higher, too.

[timrogers]

I'm used to the fuzzy finding from Sublime and TextMate - e.g. arc.rb should lead to something like /app/models/referral_code.rb, which the current fuzzy finder in Atom doesn't do.

[probablycorey]

Just a heads up, if you don't use spaces (e.g. formscss instead of forms css) Atom's fuzzy finder should match. But it looks like uses spaces is an expected behavior we should also allow.

[amccloud]

@probablycorey My PR strips spaces from the input so that form css works.

[olivierlacan]

@probablycorey Yes. I've seen several ST users search without spaces but for clarity I've grown accustomed to separating clauses when I'm looking for a nested file:

module classname is how I generally look for lib/module/classname.rb

[probablycorey]

This is now fixed in Atom 0.61.0.

[amccloud]

@probablycorey I remember seeing an update button inside of Atom but now I can't seem to find it 😞

[hkdobrev]

Atom menu -> Check for updates.

Unfortunately I am on 0.60.0 and it can't detect the update. Any solutions?

[probablycorey]

It can take ~30 minutes for the update to propagate. It's an annoying quirk we plan on fixing.

[amccloud]

@probablycorey Is there a changelog for Atom?
@hkdobrev Oddly enough that doesn't show up every time I click Atom in the menubar.

[michaelhelmick]

Thanks for the fix guys! 🍰

[probablycorey]

@amccloud Those are all good questions. Could should ask them over at discuss.atom.io so other people can search for them better.