Feature: FuzzySearch

[marcobiedermann]

It would be great if there would be an option to support fuzzy matching. Maybe this library by @bevacqua will help: https://github.com/bevacqua/fuzzysearch

[Secretmapper]

@marcobiedermann you can implement this in awesomplete's current form using the filter option

[vlazar]

I think the question was about providing support out of the box, which we shouldn't probably do despite https://github.com/bevacqua/fuzzysearch being excellent.

As @Secretmapper mentioned we can use filter. Sadly the arguments order in filter and fuzzysearch is reversed, so:

filter: function (text, input) {
    return fuzzysearch(input, text);
}

[akcode47]

Would it be possible to post a demo link with the filter code and fuzzysearch?

[hoclun-rigsep]

What is the case against providing it out of the box? Just a matter of avoiding a dependency?

[hoclun-rigsep]

Also, what does fuzzysearch do that isn't already being done in awesomplete?

[LeaVerou]

At this point the last commit in fuzzysearch was in 2016, so even if this becomes baked in, perhaps another library would be more suitable? Though I do think it's better suited as a(n official) plugin.