How does KDevelop's quick open match names??

[Sven Brauch]

Hi,

On Friday, 20 July 2018 20:22:23 CEST Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Okay, this has been bothering me for some time. Can someone explain the
> logic behind how Quick Open decides what it thinks you want to open? In
> particular, can someone explain why it "prefers" more distant matches,
> at least when typing file names?

This is a known usability issue. As far as I know, the reason for it is that 
there is "fuzzy" matching of entries, but no sorting by "fuzziness", instead 
matched entries are always sorted alphabetically.

Best,
Sven
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