asyncomplete-file.vim

Filename completion source for asyncomplete.vim

Improved version of the original asyncomplete-file.vim source with the following features:

• Files are completed asynchronously
• Full support for fuzzy matching
• Uses 'smartcase' behavior; see :h 'smartcase'
• Uses 'isfname' option for detection, but also works on paths containing unusual characters
• Detection of shell-escaped paths
• Appends '/' to directories to help traversing paths

There are additional limitations:

• Not supported on MS-Windows
• Only Vim8+ supported for now (see #1)
• Requires /usr/bin/bash

Installing

Plug 'prabirshrestha/asyncomplete.vim'
Plug 'https://gitlab.com/ferreum/asyncomplete-file.vim'

Register asyncomplete-file.vim

au User asyncomplete_setup call asyncomplete#register_source(asyncomplete#sources#file#get_source_options({
    \ 'name': 'file',
    \ 'allowlist': ['*'],
    \ 'priority': 10,
    \ 'completor': function('asyncomplete#sources#file#completor')
    \ 'config': {
    \    'max_path_length': 256,
    \    'max_glob_length': 16,
    \    'max_leading_length': 16,
    \ },
    \ }))

Note: config is optional. The shown values are the defaults.

• max_path_length is the maximum length to search for an existing path to the left of the cursor. If no existing directory is found, or there is no / character, no file completion is performed.

• max_glob_length is the maximum length of the last path segment to prefix the glob pattern with. If the last path segment is longer, files are searched using the truncated prefix.

• max_leading_length is the maximum length to consider for the first segment in relative paths (the part before the first slash). If the leading segment is longer, it won't be recognized as a directory and completion will not be performed.

  Tip: start relative paths with ./ to help detection.