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#+title: Consult
#+filetags: emacs-load

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Richard Brežák <richard@brezak.sk>
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later

#+BEGIN_QUOTE
Consult provides practical commands based on the Emacs completion function completing-read. Completion allows you to quickly select an item from a list of candidates.
#+END_QUOTE

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results none
  (use-package consult
    :straight t
    :bind (("C-x b" . consult-buffer)
           ("C-x 4 b" . consult-buffer-other-window)
           ("C-x 5 b" . consult-buffer-other-frame)
           ;; M-s bindings (search-map)
           ("M-s r" . consult-ripgrep)
           ("M-s f" . consult-find))
    :init
    (defun compat-string-width (&rest args)
      (apply #'string-width args))
    (setq
     consult-project-root-function #'projectile-project-root
     consult-ripgrep-args "rg --null --line-buffered --color=never --max-columns=1000 --path-separator /   --smart-case --no-heading --line-number --hidden ."
     consult-find-args "find ."))
#+END_SRC

Also enable ~fd~ support, as that ignores paths listed in .gitignore unlike ~find~..

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (use-package consult-fd
    :no-require t
    :after (consult)
    :init
    (defvar consult--fd-command "fd")
    (defun consult--fd-builder (input)
      (unless consult--fd-command
        (setq consult--fd-command
              (if (eq 0 (call-process-shell-command "fdfind"))
                  "fdfind"
                "fd")))
      (pcase-let* ((`(,arg . ,opts) (consult--command-split input))
                   (`(,re . ,hl) (funcall consult--regexp-compiler
                                          arg 'extended t)))
        (when re
          (list :command (append
                          (list consult--fd-command
                                "--color=never" "--full-path"
                                (consult--join-regexps re 'extended))
                          opts)
                :highlight hl))))

    (defun consult-fd (&optional dir initial)
      (interactive "P")
      (let* ((prompt-dir (consult--directory-prompt "Fd" dir))
             (default-directory (cdr prompt-dir)))
        (find-file (consult--find (car prompt-dir) #'consult--fd-builder initial)))))
#+end_src