#filelist.kak

This plugin adds the following features to kakoune:

1. a filelist buffer containing a list of files, enabling navigation to them
2. the ability to write comments in filelist buffer by prepending line with #
3. a filelist-set command to populate the filelist buffer using the find command
4. a filelist-next and filelist-previous command to jump forward/backward through the filelist
5. a filelist-execute-keys command to execute a set of keys on each buffer

#Configuration

• filelist_cmd: option used to control command used for filelist-set
  • example: fd -t file -- ''%%s'' ''%s''
  • %s is placeholder for directory (first argument to filelist-set)
  • %%s is placeholder for pattern (second argument to filelist-set)
• filelist_default_pattern: option used to control default pattern given to filelist-set
  • example: . for use with fd

#Persistence

The command filelist-enable-persistence will cause the file to be saved in the current working directory as a .filelist.kak file. If you only wish to enable it for specific projects, see hestia.kak for a plugin enabling safe per-project configuration.

NOTE: enabling persistence will cause the filelist to open when you open kakoune, which personally I like.

#Known Issues

• filelist-execute-keys is currently recursive, and with kakoune lacking tail call optimization, will terminate before completing long filelists
• using the cd command will change the working directory of kakoune, but the filelist will not be updated to reflect this change

#Thanks

This plugin is largely inspired by the grep.kak configuration in the kakoune repo.