From e874687d19a005efb11323fa5bb06acefca1a23a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grigory Shipunov <blame@oxapentane.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 22:12:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ivy: ignore substring order and don't prefill ^

---
 init.el | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 367fb5a..eafd145 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@
 (ivy-mode 1)
 (diminish 'ivy-mode)
 
+;; ignore substring order, except for swiper
+(setq ivy-re-builders-alist
+      '((swiper . ivy--regex-plus)
+        (t      . ivy--regex-ignore-order)))
+;; do not use caret, quite often we want start typing from the middle
+(eval-after-load 'counsel ;counsel modifies this var
+  (setq ivy-initial-inputs-alist nil))
+
 ;; counsel for ivy-powered alternatives
 (straight-use-package 'counsel)
 (counsel-mode 1)