Lightning talk given at the Inaugural VimIndy meetup. See how FZF can make your life easier by providing an incredibly fast fuzzy matching interface.

1. Fuzzy Feelings for
Fuzzy Matching
@claytron | VimIndy | 02.2016

2. You Love It Already.

3. You Love It Already.

4. You Love It Already.

5. You Love It Already.

6. You Love It Already.

7. In Vim, You Tried...
☞ Fuzzy Finder
☞ Command-T
☞ CtrlP

8. Now What?

9. FZF!

10. Install is easy1
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf
$ ~/.fzf/install
1
As long as you are on a supported platform. Otherwise, you need to create a binary.

11. My Settings
# My defaults for FZF (mostly changed to see hidden files)
export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND='find -L . -type f -o -type d -o -type l | sed 1d | cut -b3- | grep -v -e .git/ -e .svn/ -e .hg/'
export FZF_CTRL_T_COMMAND=$FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND
# Enhance the default experience
export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS='--extended --multi --inline-info --prompt="fzf> "'

12. Use Cases

13. Find Files in Vim
Watch the Video !

14. Find Buffers in Vim
Watch the Video !

15. Find Recent Files in Vim
Watch the Video !

16. Switch Color Schemes in Vim
Watch the Video !

17. Outside Vim

18. Find Files
Watch the Video !

19. Inspect Environment
Watch the Video !

20. Git Stash Helper
Watch the Video !

21. junegunn on GitHub

22. FIN

23. Links
➀ FZF
➁ fzf.vim
➂ Custom MRU Setup in Vim
➃ My FZF Config
➄ My .dotfiles
➅ VimIndy

24. Image Credits
➀ In Vim, You Tried (blondinrikard @
flickr)
➁ Now What? (llnataliell @ flickr)
➂ Use Cases (fudj @ flickr)
➃ Outside Vim (claytron @ flickr)
➄ fin (philon @ flickr)
➅ Links (volvob12b @ flickr)
This Image (drp @ flickr)
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