Does not open closed folds like vim's native commands

[grr]

The native vim '*' command will open any closed fold in which the search term is located. But when I mapped '*' to the asterisk plugin, I see it only navigates to the closed fold which contains the term, but doesn't actually open it.

[qstrahl]

Without weighing in on whether or not this should be the default behaviour, you can solve this by making your own mappings with zv appended.

map gz# <Plug>(asterisk-gz#)zv
map z# <Plug>(asterisk-z#)zv
map g# <Plug>(asterisk-g#)zv
map # <Plug>(asterisk-#)zv
map gz* <Plug>(asterisk-gz*)zv
map z* <Plug>(asterisk-z*)zv
map g* <Plug>(asterisk-g*)zv
map * <Plug>(asterisk-*)zv

[qstrahl]

Or, if you want to get really fancy...

for mapping in [ "gz#", "z#", "g#", "#", "gz*", "z*", "g*", "*" ]
  execute "map" mapping "<Plug>(asterisk-" . mapping . ")zv"
endfor

[grr]

I have done exactly that already, but vim-asterisk bills itself as "improved * motions". The default vim behavior is to open folds, and if vim-asterisk is breaking that, that's the opposite of an improvement.

[qstrahl]

Some people may prefer them closed! :P

Only kidding. I'm inclined to agree that it should not deviate from vim behaviour in this way.