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+date: 2023-12-28 10:04:57
+templateKey: til
+title: nvim stupid gf bind
+published: true
+tags:
+  - vim
+
+---
+
+So after months of fighting with gf not going to template files, I finally
+decided to put in some effort to make it work.
+
+> This was the dumbest keybind in my config, that I copied from someone else
+> without understanding it.
+
+## What I am trying to do
+
+I have jinja templates in a directory called `templates`.  I want to bind gf to
+open a template file, but it is trying to open a new file `./base.html`
+
+``` html
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% if request.state.user %}
+    {% block title %}Fokais - {{ request.state.user.full_name }} {% endblock %}
+{% else %}
+    {% block title %}Fokais {% endblock %}
+{% endif %}
+{% block content %}
+    {% if request.state.user %}
+        <h1 id="title"
+            class="inline-block mx-auto text-5xl font-black leading-loose
+            text-transparent bg-clip-text bg-gradient-to-r from-red-600
+            via-pink-500 to-yellow-400 ring-red-500 text-shadow-xl
+            text-shadow-zinc-950 ring-5">
+            {{ request.state.user.full_name }}
+        </h1>
+    {% endif %}
+    {% include "me_partial.html" %}
+{% endblock %}
+```
+
+## What did not work
+
+I tried all sorts of changes to my path, but it still didn't work.
+
+``` lua
+vim.api.nvim_command("set path+=templates/**")
+```
+
+## What I found
+
+after digging into my keymap I found that I had remaped `gf` to `edit` years
+ago.  This works great if the file is in your current directory, and if it's not
+it makes the file.  This bind completely breaks vim's ability to `:find` files
+and was a terrible keybind that I added probably from someone else years ago
+and have literally never used this feature.  If `gf` opens an empty file I
+always close it and assume that vim failed to `:find` the file.
+
+``` lua
+-- Allow gf to open non-existent files
+set("", "gf", ":edit <cfile><CR>")
+```