Vim-devicons: Cannot get devicons to show on the startify

[igorlakic]

Issue description

Hi all! :) I have one issue I cannot solve related to vim-devicons and startify. I simply cannot get devicons to show on the startify. I have devicons in my NERDtree, they are functioning properly there but cannot get them in startify.
I put these lines at the end of my "init.vim" file:

" Reload icons after init source
if exists('g:loaded_webdevicons')
  call webdevicons#refresh()
endif
" adding to vim-startify screen
let g:webdevicons_enable_startify = 1

let entry_format = "'   ['. index .']'. repeat(' ', (3 - strlen(index)))"

if exists('*WebDevIconsGetFileTypeSymbol')  " support for vim-devicons
  let entry_format .= ". WebDevIconsGetFileTypeSymbol(entry_path) .' '.  entry_path"
else
  let entry_format .= '. entry_path'
endif

I would appreciate some help. Thanks in advance! :)

Required Info

• [x] I have searched the issues for my issue and found nothing related and/or helpful
• [x] I have read or at least glanced at the FAQ
• [x] I have read or at least glanced at the Wiki
• [x] VimDevIcons is the last loaded vim plugin?
• [x] What version of vim are you using?
  NVIM v0.5.0-dev
• [x] What version of vim-devicons are you using?
  0.11.0
• [x] Are you using vim from the terminal or a GUI vim?
  I'm using NeoVim from terminal emulator (Kitty)
• [x] Are you using Mac, Linux or Windows?
  Linux (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)

[igorlakic]

Any ideas??

EDIT:
I can see devicons for MRU (most recently used) but cannot get devicons for Sessions and Bookmarks.
Is this a bug or was it so intentionally made?

[ryanoasis]

Can you share a minimal vimrc that reproduces the issue? Can you check that vim-devicons is loaded last?

[igorlakic]

Hi @ryanoasis !
Devicons are loaded last.
I can see devicons for MRU "most recently used" files but it would be also really cool if I could get those devicons for bookmarked files. I'll attach photos here.

Is it possible to make them visible for the bookmarked files?

[ryanoasis]

hmm are Bookmarks a recent/new feature of startify? It's been a while for me...

[igorlakic]

Hmmm, I really don't know...🤔 I'm using startify for maybe 2 months. I discovered it really makes a difference in my Vim workflow. When I need to switch between a lot of projects it really makes that process easier (especially if you combine session restore with it). Like a full blown IDE😎

And bookmarks are files that you explicitly add to a list. Really handy for files you want to reach quickly.

So I thought it would be really nice if there could be a devicon on the left side of the file name just like there are devicons before recently used ones?
I'm sure it could be also done for sessions (icon of a directory or something similar) but don't know if that's complicated to accomplish...

[ryanoasis]

yeah so bookmarks feature doesn't currently work. this would be good to add

[igorlakic]

yeah so bookmarks feature doesn't currently work. this would be good to add

That would be awesome! Thanks in advance!

[lovetocode999]

After a bit of searching through the code in vim-startify, I found the problem is that the function StartifyEntryFormat() is not used by startify to generate the bookmarks list. I opened a PR to fix the issue here.

[igorlakic]

Thanks @lovetocode999 , works like a charm!

[kazukazuinaina]

@lovetocode999
Thanks for your report!

@igorlakic
Doesn't this issue have anything to do with vim-devicons?
Based on the conversation, I'm guessing that this feels like a startify issue.

[kazukazuinaina]

No reply, close.

[igorlakic]

@kazukazuinaina Sorry, I forgot to answer. Yes, the issue is fixed on the Startify side. Or to be more precise - @lovetocode999 made a PR but it wasn't merge yet...

[mhinz]

It's merged now. :)