[mini.files] Add slash suffix to directories

[fedemp]

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Is it possible now to add a slash to directories? Unfortunately I'm using macOS terminal right now, and icons from mini.icons do not work, so the only way to distinguish directories and files is by its color.

[echasnovski]

Is it possible now to add a slash to directories? Unfortunately I'm using macOS terminal right now, and icons from mini.icons do not work, so the only way to distinguish directories and files is by its color.

Could you please elaborate on "icons from mini.icons do not work"? If there is a font that doesn't support Nerd Font glyphs, then there are couple of options here:

• Set up 'mini.icons' with config.style = 'ascii'. This will not use Nerd Font glyphs for icons.
• Customize a directory icon for 'mini.files' specifically, as described in this example.

[fedemp]

Your comment made me realize that I've not installed any nerd font in this Mac; I'm so used to my Linux machine that I completely forgot about that.

But about my original comment, since I didn't get icons on mini.files, I was asking if it was possible to show a / after each directory, much like ls already does.

This is with broken icons

This is without icons.

[echasnovski]

But about my original comment, since I didn't get icons on mini.files, I was asking if it was possible to show a / after each directory, much like ls already does.

There is no built-in way to do that, as differentiating via custom prefix (icon by default) and highlight group should be enough.

I also think (not 100%, but ~95% sure) that there is no way to do that since 'mini.files' relies on the basename being the same as it expects it to. I.e. without slash. Somehow adding trailing slashes to directory will make 'mini.files' think that that directory was "renamed" from dirname to dirname/. It doesn't look like a good idea to adjust the code to take this use case into account.

[fedemp]

I was about to say that you should not rely only on colour, but after thinking about this for a moment, I realized that you are right. Even if I had to use the ascii option, I can add the slash to the left. Thanks for your time.

[echasnovski]

I was about to say that you should not rely only on colour

To be fair, highlight group can be not only color. It can be bold, italic, underline, undercurl, etc.