Abbreviation-like search

[sergei-dyshel]

Sometimes, in large repos, it may be helpful to limit pattern to match only beginnings of words. For example, ctpy will match ctrl.py but won't match control.py. How hard is to add such feature to cpsm? Which code is responsible for letter-by-letter matching process?

[nixprime]

cpsm's ranking algorithm is a bit complicated, but it already includes matching at the beginning of words as a very strong signal. Do you have a specific example of bad behavior?

[sergei-dyshel]

I agree that cpsm definitely prefers matches at beginning of words but for some case the "signal" is not strong enough.

Besides, sometimes there is a strange delay of 1-2 which is not tolerable for me.

Anyway, I'm currently working on CtrlP's matcher which will match only at beginnings of words. I can send you link when it's published, if you want.