Ability to control search order (or have `--nth` respect it) about fzf

[junegunn]

I still don't think it's the right thing to do. fzf is a line filter, and it shouldn't be matching against what's not directly shown on the line. Implementing it properly will add additional complexity (highlighting, horizontal scrolling, scoring, etc) so I don't think it's worth it.

You could maybe repeat the name part again after the directory, maybe in a dimmer color, to allow searching against it.

file.txt    foo/bar/file.txt

And then --nth ..,2 to allow anchors on both. ^file.txt, ^foo, etc.

[ibhagwan]

I still don't think it's the right thing to do. fzf is a line filter, and it shouldn't be matching against what's not directly shown on the line. Implementing it properly will add additional complexity (highlighting, horizontal scrolling, scoring, etc) so I don't think it's worth it.

You could maybe repeat the name part again after the directory, maybe in a dimmer color, to allow searching against it.

file.txt    foo/bar/file.txt

And then --nth ..,2 to allow anchors on both. ^file.txt, ^foo, etc.

Ty @junegunn for the prompt response and suggestion.

Although I could repeat the filename, that changes the display (undesirable) and probably also has some other unintended consequences for matching that I cannot yet foresee.