emacs-evil / emacs-evil/evil

Make gf not prompt if file exists in normal state

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Description

Originally reported by: **nixmaniack (Bitbucket: [nixmaniack](https://bitbucket.org/nixmaniack), GitHub: [nixmaniack](https://github.com/nixmaniack))**

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### System Info

* OS: darwin
* Emacs: 24.5.1
* Evil: changeset: 1733:b9a6f0c1ab9f (this is from hg log | head -1)

### Description

`gf` shouldn't prompt if file already exits and visitable. The normal behaviour of vim is to visit that file directly.

### Reproduction guide

Start Emacs using `make terminal` in evil source.

On a valid file under point(e.g. ~/.emacs.d/init.el), in normal state, press `gf`

**Observed behaviour:**
Opens up prompt where you have to hit `RET` to visit the file.

**Expected behaviour:**
You shouldn't need to hit return in case file is present and readable.

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- Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/lyro/evil/issue/614

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Research direction

Start the Evil source with `make terminal`, place point on a valid readable file such as `~/.emacs.d/init.el`, and press `gf` in normal state to reproduce the prompt. Trace the `gf` entry point and confirm that an existing visitable file opens directly without requiring RET, while preserving prompting for other cases.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
emacs-lisp
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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