Vim-devicons: CtrlPBuffer shows [No Name] instead of buffer file name

[extrante]

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• [x] What version of vim are you using?

VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Oct 24 2016 17:33:26)
Parches incluidos: 1-46
Compilado por Arch Linux

• [x] What version of vim-devicons are you using?

0.8.5

• [x] Are you using vim from the terminal or a GUI vim?

gvim

• [x] Are you using Mac, Linux or Windows?

Linux

Screenshot:

With let g:webdevicons_enable_ctrlp = 0 filenames are shown correctly.

I noticed this happens from ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim@28612d023ccf889c10155cf9d17e44b3a2e7c060 Previous commit seems to be working ok with let g:webdevicons_enable_ctrlp = 1

Current version ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim@c6d1fc5e58d689bfb104ff336aeb89d9ef1b48e2 is also affected, of course.

[vdumitraskovic]

@extrante I just had same issue. I fixed it by loading vim-devicons before ctrlp plugin.
Hope this works for you too.

[lerrua]

@smesko85 your solution works fine for me.

[extrante]

It works for me too, but https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons#usage says you have to load CtrlP before vim-devicons loads. Docs should be updated if there's no proper fix to this problem.

[darrinholst]

For me loading devicons before ctrlp has the same effect as configuring ctrlp support off. You get buffer names back, but you don't get any of the icons.

[HerringtonDarkholme]

The easiest fix is change the line g:ctrlp_formatline_func to

let g:ctrlp_formatline_func = 's:formatline(s:curtype() == "buf" ? v:val : WebDevIconsGetFileTypeSymbol(v:val) . " " . v:val) '

[PezCoder]

@HerringtonDarkholme The mentioned line fixed the issue but the icons devicons icons are not coming in buffer search. Can I get it somehow ?

[ryanoasis]

@PezCoder I think this would require a PR, see: https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons/pull/185#issuecomment-261690023

[ryanoasis]

Closing this as the root cause is now fixed. As @PezCoder mentioned the icons will no longer show up but that will require another PR to CtrlP :blush: