feat: add fuzzy matching sorter experimentally

README.md

@@ -218,6 +218,22 @@ See [default configuration](https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim#tel
   Patterns in this table control which files are indexed (and subsequently
   which you'll see in the finder results).
 
+- `matcher` (default: `"default"`)
+
+  > ___CAUTION___<br>
+  > This option is highly experimental.
+
+  In default, it matches against candidates by the so-called “substr matcher”,
+  that is, you should input characters ordered properly. If you set here with
+  `"fuzzy"`, it uses [_fzy_ matcher][fzy] implemented in telescope itself, and
+  combines the result with recency scores. With this, you can select candidates
+  fully _fuzzily_, besides that, can select easily ones that has higher recency
+  scores.
+
+  See the discussion in https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope-frecency.nvim/issues/165.
+
+  [fzy]: https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy
+
 - `max_timestamps` (default: `10`)
 
   Set the max count of timestamps DB keeps when you open files. It ignores the
@@ -245,6 +261,27 @@ See [default configuration](https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim#tel
   }
   ```
 
+- `scoring_function` (default: see below)
+
+  > ___CAUTION___<br>
+  > This option is highly experimental.
+
+  This will be used only when `matcher` option is `"fuzzy"`. You can customize the
+  logic to adjust scores between [fzy matcher][fzy] scores and recency ones.
+
+  ```lua
+  -- the default value
+  ---@param recency integer
+  ---@param fzy_score number
+  ---@return number
+  scoring_function = function(recency, fzy_score)
+    return (10 / (recency == 0 and 1 or recency)) - 1 / fzy_score
+  end,
+  ```
+
+  NOTE: telescope orders candidates in the ascending order. It also accepts
+  negative numbers, but `-1` means the candidates should not be shown.
+
 - `show_filter_column` (default: `true`)
 
   Show the path of the active filter before file paths. In default, it uses the

lua/frecency/config.lua

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ local Config = {}
 ---@field filter_delimiter string default: ":"
 ---@field hide_current_buffer boolean default: false
 ---@field ignore_patterns string[] default: { "*.git/*", "*/tmp/*", "term://*" }
+---@field matcher "default"|"fuzzy" default: "default"
+---@field scoring_function fun(recency: integer, fzy_score: number): number default: see lua/frecency/config.lua
 ---@field max_timestamps integer default: 10
 ---@field show_filter_column boolean|string[] default: true
 ---@field show_scores boolean default: false
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ Config.new = function()
     hide_current_buffer = false,
     ignore_patterns = os_util.is_windows and { [[*.git\*]], [[*\tmp\*]], "term://*" }
       or { "*.git/*", "*/tmp/*", "term://*" },
+    matcher = "default",
     max_timestamps = 10,
     recency_values = {
       { age = 240, value = 100 }, -- past 4 hours
@@ -44,6 +47,12 @@ Config.new = function()
       { age = 43200, value = 20 }, -- past month
       { age = 129600, value = 10 }, -- past 90 days
     },
+    ---@param recency integer
+    ---@param fzy_score number
+    ---@return number
+    scoring_function = function(recency, fzy_score)
+      return (10 / (recency == 0 and 1 or recency)) - 1 / fzy_score
+    end,
     show_filter_column = true,
     show_scores = false,
     show_unindexed = true,
@@ -62,7 +71,9 @@ Config.new = function()
     filter_delimiter = true,
     hide_current_buffer = true,
     ignore_patterns = true,
+    matcher = true,
     max_timestamps = true,
+    scoring_function = true,
     show_filter_column = true,
     show_scores = true,
     show_unindexed = true,
@@ -105,6 +116,13 @@ Config.setup = function(ext_config)
     filter_delimiter = { opts.filter_delimiter, "s" },
     hide_current_buffer = { opts.hide_current_buffer, "b" },
     ignore_patterns = { opts.ignore_patterns, "t" },
+    matcher = {
+      opts.matcher,
+      function(v)
+        return type(v) == "string" and (v == "default" or v == "fuzzy")
+      end,
+      '"default" or "fuzzy"',
+    },
     max_timestamps = {
       opts.max_timestamps,
       function(v)

lua/frecency/entry_maker.lua

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ end
 ---@field ordinal string
 ---@field name string
 ---@field score number
+---@field fuzzy_score? number
 ---@field display fun(entry: FrecencyEntry): string, table
 
 ---@class FrecencyFile
@@ -77,7 +78,11 @@ end
 function EntryMaker:displayer_items(workspace, workspace_tag)
   local items = {}
   if config.show_scores then
-    table.insert(items, { width = 8 })
+    table.insert(items, { width = 5 }) -- recency score
+    if config.matcher == "fuzzy" then
+      table.insert(items, { width = 5 }) -- index
+      table.insert(items, { width = 6 }) -- fuzzy score
+    end
   end
   if self.web_devicons.is_enabled then
     table.insert(items, { width = 2 })
@@ -99,6 +104,12 @@ function EntryMaker:items(entry, workspace, workspace_tag, formatter)
   local items = {}
   if config.show_scores then
     table.insert(items, { entry.score, "TelescopeFrecencyScores" })
+    if config.matcher == "fuzzy" then
+      table.insert(items, { entry.index, "TelescopeFrecencyScores" })
+      local score = (not entry.fuzzy_score or entry.fuzzy_score == 0) and "0"
+        or ("%.3f"):format(entry.fuzzy_score):sub(0, 5)
+      table.insert(items, { score, "TelescopeFrecencyScores" })
+    end
   end
   if self.web_devicons.is_enabled then
     table.insert(items, { self.web_devicons:get_icon(entry.name, entry.name:match "%a+$", { default = true }) })

lua/frecency/fuzzy_sorter.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+local config = require "frecency.config"
+local sorters = require "telescope.sorters"
+
+---@param opts any options for get_fzy_sorter()
+return function(opts)
+  local fzy_sorter = sorters.get_fzy_sorter(opts)
+
+  return sorters.Sorter:new {
+    ---@param prompt string
+    ---@param entry FrecencyEntry
+    ---@return number
+    scoring_function = function(_, prompt, _, entry)
+      if #prompt == 0 then
+        return 1
+      end
+      local fzy_score = fzy_sorter:scoring_function(prompt, entry.ordinal)
+      if fzy_score <= 0 then
+        return -1
+      end
+      entry.fuzzy_score = config.scoring_function(entry.score, fzy_score)
+      return entry.fuzzy_score
+    end,
+
+    highlighter = fzy_sorter.highlighter,
+  }
+end

lua/frecency/picker.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 local State = require "frecency.state"
 local Finder = require "frecency.finder"
 local config = require "frecency.config"
+local fuzzy_sorter = require "frecency.fuzzy_sorter"
 local sorters = require "telescope.sorters"
 local log = require "plenary.log"
 local Path = require "plenary.path" --[[@as FrecencyPlenaryPath]]
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ function Picker:start(opts)
     prompt_title = "Frecency",
     finder = finder,
     previewer = config_values.file_previewer(opts),
-    sorter = sorters.get_substr_matcher(),
+    sorter = config.matcher == "default" and sorters.get_substr_matcher() or fuzzy_sorter(opts),
     on_input_filter_cb = self:on_input_filter_cb(opts),
     attach_mappings = function(prompt_bufnr)
       return self:attach_mappings(prompt_bufnr)