helm-follow-mode keeps turning off

[rexackermann]

I am using doom emacs.I want to preview the files when I do helm-find-files.So, I used C-c C-f to toogle on helm-follow-mode.It works at first.But when i go over a folder it just turns of and I have to manually turn it on again.That's a hastle.Can't I just keep it on all the time ? How do I do it ?

[thierryvolpiatto]

Rex Ackermann ***@***.***> writes:

But when i go over a folder it just turns of

This to prevent having dozen of dired buffers open though you can kill the buffer without quitting Helm.

and I have to manually turn it on again.

You can use C-<down> to skip the folder (the behavior is the contrary when follow-mode is disabled).

Can't I just keep it on all the time ?

No, at least for now.

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-- Thierry

[rexackermann]

Thanks for the reply.I understand it's a feature,Not a bug.
But ,can I still keep it on though.Make it turn on automatically when I am not on a folder or the things that usually are blocked ? Using some hook maybe ? Which will reactivate it when I pass the file and a supported one is selected ?

I actually ,recently started using doom emacs. I used neovim with telescope plugin before which had great support for file preview.I found this project very similar except this(You know the continuous file preview part) doesn't work the way I wanted.It would be very helpful if you could help me out with this or point me the right way.

[thierryvolpiatto]

Rex Ackermann ***@***.***> writes:

1. ( ) text/plain (*) text/html Thanks for the reply.I understand it's a feature,Not a bug. But ,can I still keep it on though.Make it turn on automatically when I am not on a folder or the things that usually are blocked ? Using some hook maybe ? Which will reactivate it when I pass the file and a supported one is selected ? I actually ,recently started using doom emacs. I used neovim with telescope plugin before which had great support for file preview.I found this project very similar except this(You know the continuous file preview part) doesn't work the way I wanted.It would be very helpful if you could help me out with this or point me the right way.

I can add a variable (something like helm-ff-allow-following-on-directory), is it ok for you to have a dired buffer popping up in such case?

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-- Thierry

[thierryvolpiatto]

Done, the variable is helm-ff-ignore-following-on-directory, the directories are just ignored, no dired buffer popping up.

[rexackermann]

Thanks ,but I can't make it work.I added this line,

(setq helm-ff-ignore-following-on-directoriy t)

Am I following right ? It should now keep the helm-follow-mode on when I'm passing by a directory, right ?
Did I do it wrong ?

Thanks again.

[thierryvolpiatto]

Rex Ackermann ***@***.***> writes:

Thanks ,but I can't make it work.I added this line, (setq helm-ff-ignore-following-on-directoriy t)

^^^

Am I following right ? It should now keep the helm-follow-mode on when I'm passing by a directory, right ? Did I do it wrong ?

Yes, typo.

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-- Thierry

[rexackermann]

Is this the right one ?

(setq helm-ff-ignore-following-on-directory t)

Okay ,normally the variable is highlighted yollow.But this one stays white.If it helps.

[thierryvolpiatto]

Rex Ackermann ***@***.***> writes:

Is this the right one ?

Yes it is the right one.

(setq helm-ff-ignore-following-on-directory t)

Ok, that's now correct. Tip: Always use some kind of completion when writing symbols, this avoid typo errors.

Okay ,normally the variable is highlighted yollow.But this one stays white.If it helps.

No, when setq'ing a variable it is not highlighted, only its definition in source file is highlighted with font-lock-variable-name-face.

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-- Thierry

[rexackermann]

Ok, that's now correct. Tip: Always use some kind of completion when writing symbols, this avoid typo errors.

It isn't shwowing up in the completion.

Thanks for dealing with my annoying issues.I am getting a feeling that it might be related to doom emacs. Maybe I will try to figure it out.But for now I guess I will have to stick with C-up/down.It's nice to know that the functionality exits now regardless.I will mark your 3rd comment as the answer.

Thank u very much again.

[thierryvolpiatto]

Rex Ackermann ***@***.***> writes:

1. ( ) text/plain (*) text/html Ok, that's now correct. Tip: Always use some kind of completion when writing symbols, this avoid typo errors. It isn't shwowing up in the completion.

Did you have upgraded helm?

Thanks for dealing with my annoying issues.I am getting a feeling that it might be related to doom emacs.

If you don't have the variable, this mean you haven't installed the latest Helm, please upgrade.

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Maybe I will try to figure it out.But for now I guess I will have to stick with C-up/down.It's nice to know that the functionality exits now regardless.I will mark your 3rd comment as the answer. Thank u very much again. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented.*Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[rexackermann]

I tried doom upgrade.The results are same.It's okay.Thanks for trying.
Well if you want to investigate for other reasons
The config is here : config