some changes to make it work like Emacs vertical file completion.

AdvancedNewFile.sublime-settings

@@ -179,5 +179,8 @@
     "empty_filename_action": false,
 
     // When specifying initial input, this boolean will place the cursor prior to the .<content>
-    "cursor_before_extension": false
+    "cursor_before_extension": false,
+
+    // Ignore regex patters
+    "filter_regex": ["\\.DS_Store", "\\.git"]
 }

Default (Linux).sublime-keymap

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 	{"keys": ["ctrl+l"],"command": "advanced_new_file_updir",
 		"context": [{"key": "setting.anf_panel"}]
 	},
+	{"keys": ["enter"],"command": "advanced_new_file_confirm",
+		"context": [{"key": "setting.anf_panel"}]
+	},
 	{"keys": ["ctrl+j"],"command": "insert", "args": {"characters": "\t"},
 		"context": [{"key": "setting.anf_panel"}]
 	},

Default (OSX).sublime-keymap

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 	{"keys": ["ctrl+l"],"command": "advanced_new_file_updir",
 		"context": [{"key": "setting.anf_panel"}]
 	},
+	{"keys": ["enter"],"command": "advanced_new_file_confirm",
+		"context": [{"key": "setting.anf_panel"}]
+	},
 	{"keys": ["ctrl+j"],"command": "insert", "args": {"characters": "\t"},
 		"context": [{"key": "setting.anf_panel"}]
 	},

Default (Windows).sublime-keymap

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 	{"keys": ["ctrl+l"],"command": "advanced_new_file_updir",
 		"context": [{"key": "setting.anf_panel"}]
 	},
+	{"keys": ["enter"],"command": "advanced_new_file_confirm",
+		"context": [{"key": "setting.anf_panel"}]
+	},
 	{"keys": ["ctrl+j"],"command": "insert", "args": {"characters": "\t"},
 		"context": [{"key": "setting.anf_panel"}]
 	},

advanced_new_file/anf_util.py

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 COPY_FILE_DEFAULT_ROOT_SETTING = "copy_file_default_root"
 DEFAULT_NEW_FILE = "empty_filename_action"
 CURSOR_BEFORE_EXTENSION_SETTING = "cursor_before_extension"
+FILTER_REGEX_SETTING = "filter_regex"
 
 
 SETTINGS = [
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@
     RENAME_FILE_DEFAULT_ROOT_SETTING,
     COPY_FILE_DEFAULT_ROOT_SETTING,
     DEFAULT_NEW_FILE,
-    CURSOR_BEFORE_EXTENSION_SETTING
+    CURSOR_BEFORE_EXTENSION_SETTING,
+    FILTER_REGEX_SETTING
 ]
 
 NIX_ROOT_REGEX = r"^/"

advanced_new_file/commands/command_base.py

@@ -296,12 +296,21 @@ def __update_filename_input(self, path_in):
                 if self.view is not None:
                     self.view.erase_status("AdvancedNewFile2")
 
+        input_view = AdvancedNewFileBase.static_input_panel_view
         if path_in.endswith("\t"):
             creation_path, candidate, completion_list = self.parse_status_line(self.get_status_line()) # type: ignore
-            print("candidate", candidate, str(completion_list))
-            new_content = self.completion_input(path_in.replace("\t", ""), candidate)
-            print("new_content", new_content)
-            # new_content = candidate
+            new_content = self.completion_input(path_in.replace("\n", "").replace("\t", ""), candidate)
+        elif path_in.endswith("\n"):
+            path_in = path_in.replace("\n", "")
+            if input_view:
+                # print("visible", input_view.is_popup_visible())
+                if input_view.is_popup_visible():
+                    input_view.run_command("insert", {"characters": "\t"})
+                else:
+                    # print("end panel")
+                    self.on_done(path_in)
+                    self.window.run_command("hide_panel", {"cancel": True})
+            return
         else:
             completion_list = self.completion.hint(path_in)
             if completion_list:
@@ -310,7 +319,7 @@ def __update_filename_input(self, path_in):
             else:
                 candidate = ''
 
-        input_view = AdvancedNewFileBase.static_input_panel_view
+
         if input_view:
             input_view.hide_popup()
         if input_view and new_content != path_in:

advanced_new_file/commands/new_file_command.py

@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ def updir(self, path_in):
             new_content = ''
         return new_content
 
+class AdvancedNewFileConfirmCommand(AdvancedNewFileBase, sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
+    def __init__(self, window):
+        super().__init__(window)
+
+    def run(self):
+        pass
+
 class AdvancedNewFileNewAtCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
     def run(self, dirs):
         if len(dirs) != 1:

advanced_new_file/completions/completion_base.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 from ..anf_util import *
 from .pinyin_lib import *
 
+from .fuzzy_sort import sort_by_fuzzy
+
 
 class GenerateCompletionListBase(object):
     """docstring for GenerateCompletionListBase"""
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ def generate_completion_list(self, path_in):
         directory, filename = os.path.split(full_path)
         if os.path.isdir(directory):
             for d in os.listdir(directory):
+                if not self.filter_file(d):
+                    continue
                 full_path = os.path.join(directory, d)
                 if os.path.isdir(full_path):
                     is_file = False
@@ -54,7 +58,20 @@ def generate_completion_list(self, path_in):
 
         completion_list = alias_list + dir_list + file_list
 
-        return sorted(completion_list), alias_list, dir_list, file_list
+        return sort_by_fuzzy(filename, completion_list), alias_list, dir_list, file_list
+
+    def filter_file(self, fname):
+        """
+        Returns False if a file should be ignored: If the file matched any of the regular expressions
+        on the settings file
+        """
+        fname = os.path.basename(fname)
+        for regex in self.settings.get('filter_regex', list()):
+            regex = regex.replace('\\\\', '\\')  # Fix backslash escaping on json
+            p = re.compile(regex)
+            if p.match(fname) is not None:
+                return False
+        return True
 
     def generate_project_auto_complete(self, base):
         folder_data = get_project_folder_data(
@@ -94,9 +111,12 @@ def compare_entries(self, compare_entry, compare_base):
     def hint(self, path_in):
         (completion_list, alias_list,
             dir_list, file_list) = self.generate_completion_list(path_in)
+        new_completion_list = []
         if len(completion_list) > 0:
-            dir_list = map(lambda s: s + "/", dir_list)
-            alias_list = map(lambda s: s + ":", alias_list)
-            completion_list = sorted(list(dir_list) +
-                                         list(alias_list) + file_list)
-        return completion_list
+            for path in completion_list:
+                if path in dir_list:
+                    path += "/"
+                elif path in alias_list:
+                    path += ":"
+                new_completion_list.append(path)
+        return new_completion_list

advanced_new_file/completions/fuzzy_sort.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+from operator import itemgetter
+# import numpy as np
+
+def sort_by_fuzzy(query, choices):
+    if not query or not choices:
+        return choices
+    choices_ratio = {}
+    for choice in choices:
+        choices_ratio[choice] = levenshtein_ratio(query, choice)
+
+    # print(choices_ratio)
+    return [key[0] for key in sorted(choices_ratio.items(), key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True)]
+
+def levenshtein_ratio(s, t):
+    """ levenshtein_ratio_and_distance:
+        Calculates levenshtein distance between two strings.
+        If ratio_calc = True, the function computes the
+        levenshtein distance ratio of similarity between two strings
+        For all i and j, distance[i,j] will contain the Levenshtein
+        distance between the first i characters of s and the
+        first j characters of t
+    """
+    # Initialize matrix of zeros
+    rows = len(s)+1
+    cols = len(t)+1
+    distance = [[0 for i in range(cols)] for j in range(rows)]
+    # distance = np.zeros((rows, cols),dtype=int)
+
+    # Populate matrix of zeros with the indeces of each character of both strings
+    for i in range(1, rows):
+        for k in range(1,cols):
+            distance[i][0] = i
+            distance[0][k] = k
+
+    # Iterate over the matrix to compute the cost of deletions,insertions and/or substitutions
+    for col in range(1, cols):
+        for row in range(1, rows):
+            if s[row-1].lower() == t[col-1].lower():
+                cost = 0 # If the characters are the same in the two strings in a given position [i,j] then the cost is 0
+            else:
+                # In order to align the results with those of the Python Levenshtein package, if we choose to calculate the ratio
+                # the cost of a substitution is 2.
+                cost = 1
+            distance[row][col] = min(distance[row-1][col] + 1,      # Cost of deletions
+                                 distance[row][col-1] + 1,          # Cost of insertions
+                                 distance[row-1][col-1] + cost)     # Cost of substitutions
+
+    # Computation of the Levenshtein Distance Ratio
+    ratio = ((len(s)+len(t)) - distance[row][col]) / (len(s)+len(t))
+    if rows < cols:
+        ratio = max(ratio, ((len(s)+len(t)) - distance[row][row]) / (len(s)+len(t)))
+    return ratio
+
+# if __name__ == '__main__':
+#     print(levenshtein_ratio('test', 'test'))
+#     print(levenshtein_ratio('test', 'test tt'))
+#     print(levenshtein_ratio('test', 'taebsct'))
+#     print(levenshtein_ratio('test', 'tabtest'))
+#     print(levenshtein_ratio('test', 'tst tt'))
+#     print(sort_by_fuzzy('def', ['advanced_new_file', 'AdvancedNewFile.py', 'AdvancedNewFile.sublime-settings', 'Default (Linux).sublime-keymap', 'Default (OSX).sublime-keymap', 'Default (Windows).sublime-keymap', 'Default.sublime-commands']))

advanced_new_file/reloader.py

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 mods_load_order = [
     '',
     '.anf_util',
-    '.completion_base',
 
     ".lib",
     ".lib.package_resources",
     ".lib.ushlex",
 
     ".completions",
+    '.completions.fuzzy_sort',
     '.completions.pinyin_lib',
     '.completions.completion_base',
     '.completions.nix_completion',