[mini.pick] open marked files in buffers instead of quickfix

[rosshadden]

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I want to make mini.pick open all marked files when I execute choose actions (choose_marked, choose_in_*). For me, opening files as buffers/splits/tabs is a lot more useful than populating the quickfix list. Any advice? I was trying to use source.choose_marked and mini_pick.default_choose_marked but I'm not sure how.

My relevant config section:

mini_pick.setup({
	-- TODO: open multiple
	mappings = {
		-- choose = "<cr>",
		-- choose_marked = "<a-cr>",
		choose_in_split = "<a-j>",
		choose_in_vsplit = "<a-l>",
		choose_in_tabpage = "<a-t>",

		refine = "<a-space>",
		refine_marked = "<c-space>",

		-- TODO: fix focus
		choose_left = {
			char = "<a-h>",
			func = function()
				vim.cmd("leftabove vsplit " .. mini_pick.get_picker_matches().current)
				return true
			end,
		},

		-- TODO: fix focus
		choose_up = {
			char = "<a-k>",
			func = function()
				vim.cmd("leftabove split " .. mini_pick.get_picker_matches().current)
				vim.cmd("wincmd k")
				return true
			end,
		},

		mark_down = {
			char = "<c-t>",
			func = input_actions("mark", "move_down"),
		},

		mark_up = {
			char = "<c-a-t>",
			func = input_actions("mark", "move_up"),
		},
	},

	source = {
		choose_marked = mini_pick.default_choose_marked(mini_pick.get_picker_matches() or {}, { list_type = "location" }),
	},

	window = {
		-- center
		config = function()
			local height = math.floor(0.75 * vim.o.lines)
			local width = math.floor(0.75 * vim.o.columns)
			return {
				anchor = 'NW',
				height = height,
				width = width,
				row = math.floor(0.5 * (vim.o.lines - height)),
				col = math.floor(0.5 * (vim.o.columns - width)),
			}
		end,
	},

})

[echasnovski]

I want to make mini.pick open all marked files when I execute choose actions (choose_marked, choose_in_*). For me, opening files as buffers/splits/tabs is a lot more useful than populating the quickfix list. Any advice? I was trying to use source.choose_marked and mini_pick.default_choose_marked but I'm not sure how.

default_choose_marked is indeed designed to populate quickfix list if there is at least one recognizable buffer/file item.

The way to go is indeed to set config.source.choose_marked to act like choosing every input item. Something like this seems to work:

require('mini.pick').setup({
  source = {
    choose_marked = function(items)
      for _, item in ipairs(items) do
        MiniPick.default_choose(item)
      end
    end,
  },
})

Now, for example, in :Pick files marking several files and pressing <M-CR> opens all of them as buffers.

[drowning-cat]

I would also suggest not giving up on quickfix lists. Simply run :cdo edit | cclose, and it will have a similar effect. You can also replace edit with any other command you want to run, which is quite helpful.

quickfix = {
  char = "<C-q>",
  func = function()
    local all_items = MiniPick.get_picker_items()
    local marked = MiniPick.get_picker_matches().marked
    local choose = vim.tbl_isempty(marked) and all_items or marked
    MiniPick.default_choose_marked(choose, { list_type = "quickfix" })
  end,
},