lambdalisue/vim-nerdfont

Add API to get icon from the value of 'filetype'

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#4 opened on Sep 23, 2020

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Description

I want to get icons from the value of &filetype of buffers, e.g. cpp, help, qf, dosbatch etc. to indicate what filetype is set to the buffer. I'd be glad if this plugin have such API.

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Explore the plugin code to understand how icons are currently retrieved and mapped. Then create a new function that takes a filetype string and returns the corresponding icon. Look at the existing icon definitions and the plugin's public API pattern.
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2
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1-3 hours
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75