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I want to complete multiple lines at once.

For instance, in a buffer (may be hidden):

...
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;
...

In the current buffer I can complete a whole line with CTRL-X CTRL-L.

using st
        ^
   CTRL-X_CTRL-L

How can I also complete the line along with the next lines? (they don't have to share a common prefix like in the example)

In the help i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L I found:

CTRL-X CTRL-L   After expanding a line you can additionally get the
        line next to it by typing CTRL-X CTRL-L again, unless
        a double CTRL-X is used.  Only works for loaded
        buffers.

which seems to be what I want, but it doesn't work. (If I enter the selection with CTRL-Y the cursor remains on the same line and pressing CTRL-X CTRL-L again completes the same line. If I enter the selection with Enter the cursor ends on the next line and pressing CTRL-X CTRL-L again completes the same line (but on this new line))

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    it looks like it works on default settings. There is a plugin/setting of mine that breaks this. I'll edit the question / add an answer when I find out the one that breaks this. – bolov Apr 27 '15 at 11:41
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It looks like this works if you don't press <C-Y> to choose the selection. When you've selected the one you want using <C-N> and <C-P>, just type <C-X><C-L> again.

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  • it doesn't work for me. When I press C-X it exits complete mode and then when I press C-L it inserts these 2 characters: ^L – bolov Apr 27 '15 at 11:16
  • That sounds like you're hitting <C-V> instead of <C-X>. Do you have any Insert mappings that might be affecting this behaviour? – tommcdo Apr 27 '15 at 11:23
  • Actually, I just confirmed that <C-L> in Insert mode will insert ^L, so there's no <C-V> necessary as for some other chords. Still bizarre though, this works just fine for me. – tommcdo Apr 27 '15 at 11:25
  • I have the YouCompleteMe plugin. Some settings I have: :set wildmode=list:longest let g:ycm_confirm_extra_conf = 0 let g:ycm_complete_in_comments = 1 let g:ycm_autoclose_preview_window_after_insertion = 1 – bolov Apr 27 '15 at 11:28
  • I don't know anything about the plugin. Have you tested this with no plugins installed? Use vim -u NONE -N. If it works there, try a minimal setup where only that plugin is installed (nothing else in your vimrc). If that breaks it again, I'd be pretty confident that the plugin is the problem. – tommcdo Apr 27 '15 at 11:33

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