How to find a file recursively, fuzzily, with vertico
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stevebarratt · 2022-02-04 13:14

I'm using Doom emacs set up with vertico for completion..

I would like to find a file to open, but...

* it is in my home directory somewhere, but I don't know where
* I have only a vague recollection of its name and the name of the
directory in which it resides.

If I were in my terminal emulator, I would navigate to `~`, then
`emacs` (or similar) then do a ~fzf~ search for the filename, while
mashing in some of the directory name which I can remember. I'd then
select the file from the list of suspects.

What is the best way to get something like this happening with my
vertico setup?

I like the way the `~` suffix works, I would just like it to go
recursive, basically. I can't use helm or ivy, as a package I have to
use is incompatible.

Hopefully this is super simple and I'm just missing something obvious.

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linwaytin · 2022-02-04 13:48

I use `affe-find` to do this.

Bind `(affe-find "~/")` to some key you like, then you can search the
file including its path.

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pwnedary · 2022-02-04 14:13

I have this function

    (let ((find-files-program (cond
                               ((executable-find "rg") '("rg" "--
color=never" "--files"))
                               ((executable-find "find") '("find"
"-type" "f")))))
      (defun find-file-rec ()
        "Find a file in the current working directory recursively."
        (interactive)
        (find-file
         (completing-read "Find file: "
                          (apply #'process-lines find-files-
program)))))
    (advice-add #'find-file-rec :around #'with-project-dir)

for that purpose. Together with Selectrum and the Hotfuzz dynamic
module I can fuzzy match on all 60000 files in my home directory with
ease (once ripgrep finishes of course).

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easter_islander · 2022-02-04 16:19

`consult-find`

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easter_islander · 2022-02-04 16:21

The question seemed to be just finding files by name, for which
`consult-find` works.

Doesn't `consult-ripgrep` do what your function does?

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ExistingProgram3883 · 2022-02-04 17:12

How does this compare to `counsel-fzf`

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stevebarratt · 2022-02-04 17:53

Thanks for the ideas. I really like `affe`, u/linwaytin, thanks!

For the record, using Doom, adding

`(package! affe)`

to `packages.el`, and

​

```
(map! :leader
      :desc "FuZzily find File in home"
      "f z f" (cmd!! #'affe-find "~/"))
(map! :leader
      :desc "FuZzily find file in this Dir"
      "f z d" (cmd!! #'affe-find))
```

to `config.el` got me right where I wanted to get to. I added entries
in the 'files' menu to access the functions (though I couldn't work
out quite how to make a proper sub sub menu? anyone?)

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linwaytin · 2022-02-04 17:53

I think affe is better. It is faster on my system.

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wargxs · 2022-02-04 18:39

Does affe work via tramp?

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wargxs · 2022-02-04 18:42

consult-locate ?

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pwnedary · 2022-02-04 19:39

Yes, consult has something similar that is also async. So if OP
already is using consult then that would be a good option. However
consult is >4500 lines compared to the <10 lines above that do
everything I would need consult for, so some argument about minimalism
can be made.

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easter_islander · 2022-02-04 20:40

Oh yeah - I didn't read the question closely enough when I suggested
`consult-find`.

If you know the root directory: `consult-find`; if you don't:
`consult-locate`.

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[deleted] · 2022-02-05 13:53

\`consult-dir\` followed by  \`consult-dir-jump-file\`. \`consult-
dir\` helps to find a root directory and \`consult-dir-jump-file\` to
find your file. Quoting from the consult-dir documentation.


>Call consult-dir-jump-file from the minibuffer to
asynchronously find a file anywhere under the directory that is
currently in the prompt. This can be used with consult-dir to quickly
switch directories and find files at an arbitrary depth under them.
consult-dir-jump-file uses consult-find under the hood.

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linwaytin · 2022-03-22 19:22

I do not use tramp and cannot answer you. Sorry.

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