Couple Questions

[charlesnicemoo]

Hello all:)

Does gf for "go file" work? It doesn't seem to work for me AI says it should work as long as file is in project, and it also recommended selecting the path with visual mode. Neither of these seem to work for me.

Also...
I would like to get the little search results to show number of searches. I used before in vim something like:

set hlsearch
set incsearch
set shortmess-=S

To get my searches nice.

Anyone have success with this?

[Wadan3]

Hi 🙂

For gf, it should work if:
• The cursor is on a valid file path
• The file exists
• The path option allows Vim/Neovim to find it

Check your path setting with:

:set path?

If you’re inside a project, enable recursive search:

:set path+=**

If you’re using Neovim with Lua config:

vim.opt.path:append(”**”)

Also make sure gf wasn’t remapped by a plugin:

:verbose nmap gf

You don’t need visual mode — just place the cursor on the filename and press gf.

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For search results (like “match 3 of 10”), use:

set hlsearch
set incsearch
set shortmess-=S

If it’s not working, check:

:verbose set shortmess?

Make sure S is not included in shortmess.

For Lua config:

vim.opt.hlsearch = true
vim.opt.incsearch = true
vim.opt.shortmess:remove(“S”)