Vim - Unite file_rec : missing files

Question

I just installed Unite (with vundle), so that my .vimrc has 1 only new line:Plugin 'unite.vim'

Then I do this:

1. I open vi from my current dir (which has some nested subdirs & files)
2. I run :Unite file_rec
3. In the results-window I enter i
4. I continue writing some text (ex. pdf, but the problem occurs for any searched text)
5. the results change on the fly but they are always a subset of a full set of files retrieved by a normal: find . -iname '*pdf*'

(I know that the directories are not listed as candidate results, but I cannot see in the results, normal files (they are neither symlinks nor special-permission files). Moreover I refreshed the result/cache with <C-L>, but still the result remains partial.

Isn't this file_rec search, a Unite feature I should expect working out of the box ? If not, which is the best option to overwrite the default behavior and make Unite search as a normal (find . -iname '*xxxxx*') ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I found the reason. There is a builtin value for the max number of results (g:unite_source_rec_unit) the documentation says: The default value is 1000(windows environment), 2000(other)

    [...]If you increase the value, |unite-source-file_rec| will be
    faster but it will block Vim for a long time.
    Note: This option does not work in
    |unite-source-file_rec/async| source.