Questions tagged [autocompletion]
For questions about the several commands to complete part of a keyword or line that has been typed.
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Indent line in xml after omni-completion
When editing xml, lines are indented when pressing (among others) <, > or <CR> according to the indentkeys setting. For example:
<tag>
</tag|
If the cursor is on | and I ...
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How to prevent inserting a new line on using ctrl+n for autocomplete?
well on using Ctrl+n for autocomplete words the latter insert a newline when I select a word from the list by pressing ENTER I don't want that, I want it to just insert the word and place the cursor ...
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How to display additional info for a completion option in second popup menu
The coc.nvim plugin has a really cool feature where the completion, or at least the python completion, will have additional information about the option in a second popup menu. I have looked through a ...
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How to make deoplete to support Typescript?
I'm using NeoVim v0.4.4 on Mac with deoplete.
How can I configure it to support Typescript autocomplete?
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How to autocomplete path using alias root?
I'm working on frontend project, we're using root alias, like:
import from '~/src/components/button';
instead of:
import from '../../../../../components/button';
But when I try to import from ~/, my ...
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How to fix/customise coloring for the autocompletion popup menu?
I'm not really happy with the syntax coloring of the auto-completion menu.
Probably the pink-ish background color is the least unpleasant thing, but the grey foreground text is really not as readable ...
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Making clangd LSP recognizing GNU-specific headers
I have coc.nvim installed for autocompletion in vim. I usually include bits/stdc++.h(GNU-specific) in my files for competitive programming.
I use the g++ compiler so I have no trouble there, but since ...
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vim-pandoc bibliography completion works only when writing a new file with GVim
I have installed vim-pandoc, as suggested here. When I open Vim in the terminal I get only 'Omni completion (^O^N^P) Pattern not found' errors. echo pandoc#bibliographies#Find_Bibliographies() returns ...
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omnifunc with ctags for C struct members
I'm trying to setup Vim to use ctags to autocomplete struct members when I press C-x C-o, but I get Pattern not found error. I tried both with . and ->. Vim can find tags file because I can jump to ...
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Hidden files and folders are hidden / ignored in wildmenu
As mentioned, when using <TAB> completion, hidden files do not show up.
E.g. :e <TAB> only shows non-hidden files.
:verbose set wildignore?
wildignore=
A similar question is here, while ...
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Use autocompletion options from terminal buffer in editor buffer
I typically work with a text editor combined with a REPL terminal, and I send text from the editor to the terminal. For example, I use two side-by-side buffers, one for editing text, and one with a ...
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How to store entries of complete menu and omnicomplete menu in variables without triggering the popup menu?
Is there a way to store the results of <C-N> or <C-X><C-O> from the insert mode in a string or list variable without triggering the respective popup menus to display onscreen? For ...
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Get autocompletion of script names in $PATH
I would like to know how I could set up script names auto completion in vim ?
For example let's say I have myscript.sh in ~/bin and ~/bin is in my $PATH, I would like to type mys in vim and get auto ...
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line-completion based on non-initial substring
Is there a way to perform a completion similar to <c-x><c-l>, but completes lines based on an arbitrary substring rather than a leading prefix of the line? I'm especially interested in a ...
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:set completeopt=menuone does not always show menu on the commandline
:set completeopt=menuone does not always show the menu. For example pressing :vs<tab> on the command line one would expect the menu to appear, with the singular option vsplit. What happens ...
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Vim: How to have YouCompleteMe autocomplete shell script variable names and functions from “source”d files?
I use macvim with YouCompleteMe (YCM), which I recently updated and recompiled. I followed the YCM instructions for OSX. I'm also using iterm2, tmux and zsh, all of which are installed with brew and ...
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Code snippet completion for vim in C++
I have YouCompleteMe installed; however that only complete certain words or phrases. I am looking for something similar in VSCode or Emacs' Yasnippet. For example, if I type if, then press Tab, then ...
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How to Keep Syntax Color but Disable Highlighting in Vim?
I recently activated auto-complete using YouCompleteMe and syntax color in Vim. However, a red highlighting color appeared.
I tried to disable syntax color with syntax off, but this highlighting ...
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Is it possible to use word completion (e.g. `Ctrl-N`) in Ex mode?
I want to use word completion in Ex mode, similar to using Ctrl-N in Insert mode to complete the current word.
Suppose, I want to do a substitution: :%s/<pattern>/<replacement>/gc. If the ...
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How does ft-c-omni work and how can I make it faster?
As I was studying the various ways of doing completion in Vim 8.0, I came across the very interesting "omni-completion" feature and its 'omnifunc' option, which is specialized as ccomplete#...
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<C-x><C-o> “Pattern not found” even with a Ctags file (C/C++)
<C-x><C-o> returns Pattern not found in C/C++ files even with a ctags file.
It used to work and I haven't made any configuration/plugin changes that I know of
Starting vim with vim -u ...
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omni complete throwing “E119: Not enough arguments for function: 1” error
I have <C-x><C-o> working just fine with neovim with my old vim configuration but when I switch over to my new config, I'm not having any luck and I can't figure out why.
When I hit <C-...
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vim omni-complete and c++20
I have used vim for C++ development for quite a while now where, for auto completion, i would either use YCM or, lately, the combination of LanguageClient-neovim and clangd. Lately, however, having ...
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Auto-completion pop-up no clean up - how to debug
I'm trying to solve this issue for some time now. Quite often auto-suggestion pop-up leaves a text on the screen:
even after being closed
sometimes covering newer suggestion that was displayed after ...
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Put a tab autocompleted path into current buffer
I use autocompletion a lot, especially for long path names:
e.g.
$ /home/au/Doc<tab> <tab>uments/A<tab> <tab>\ file\ with\ a\ very\ long\ name
This can be performed within ...
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Keep <C-X> <C-F> filename completion menu alive between directories
I'd like to use <C-X> <C-F> to autocomplete a long filename in insert mode, say /foo/bar/baz.txt. When I type in /f, I can press <C-X> <C-F> to complete to /foo/. However, ...
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Use the buffers auto completion in an input() dialogue
I am trying to add autocompletion, with suggestions from the currently edited buffer when reading input from the user for a search string:
function! Testinput()
return input("Enter search string: ...
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Unmap <c-n> / <c-p> in completion menu to use as previous / next snippet placeholder with Coc
My completion mappings scheme with coc is the following:
<c-@> (ctrl-space): trigger the menu / use the selected item (or the first one)
<c-j> and <c-k>: navigate the list (or also ...
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How to get auto completion provided by <C-N> without typing <C-N>?
I like the simple auto completion provided by Ctrl-N but not typing Ctrl-N everytime to get the completion.
I would like it to work similar to how YouCompleteMe works with automatic suggestions. If ...
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How to (auto) complete filenames?
Developing in nodejs I have a lot of custom module require statements in my javascript source files, like this one:
//
// my nodejs program:
// path/to/projecthome/lib/someModule.js
//
const EMOJI = ...
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How to enable autocomplete for writing in English?
Is there a way to enable autocomplete for writing in English? For example, if I write giv, I want Vim to automatically suggest give, given, gives, giving, giveaway, etc.
In Emacs, this is easy to ...
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Shell scripting: A more elegant way to complete then…fi, do…done, case…esac pairs?
The problem
In shell scripting, conditionals and loops don't use curly braces to indicate blocks, but rather special keywords: if [ ... ]; then statements close with fi, while [ ... ]; do statements ...
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neovim ruby/rails omnicomplete
I'm trying to get omnicomplete working in neovim (0.3.4) on debian 10 with Ruby 2.6.6 (rbenv).
I have these plugins:
Plug 'vim-ruby/vim-ruby' " ruby ...
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How to make Vim autocomplete with file system?
Let's say I have my directory/file tree as follows:
/
|_home
|_myPC
|_script.sh
|_test.sh
|_etc
|_log.txt
I'm working on script.sh and Vim has nothing like firejail to stop it from ...
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How to auto-complete filenames in sub-directories when opening them for editing using e.g. `:e </path/to/file>`?
How to autocomplete filenames in sub-directories when opening them for editing using e.g. :e </path/to/file>?
When opening files in sub-directories for editing using e.g. :e </path/to/file&...
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How to set a maximum popup window height for auto completion?
As title, when there're tens of suggestions, the popup can expand the entire window. How to set a maximum window height for auto completion popup? I'd like to have a scrolling window.
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How to explicitly open the signature preview window when not completing?
When using <c-x><c-o>, vim opens a signature preview window which is different from the one opened when using :ptag.
How to open that one when not completing like when reviewing in ...
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Rails Vim tab completition for model and controller works different than for views
I'm using Vim with Rails Vim plugin. When trying to tab-complete command :Emodel U or :Econtroller U and then <Tab> it won't recognize the user.rb or user_controller.rb file. But works fine for :...
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Word or phrase completion based on file
I would like to create a file people.txt which has contents such as
George Bush
Hillary Clinton
Santa Clause
If I am in vi and type "Clau", vi suggests "Santa Clause".
Likewise, if I type "eorg", vi ...
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how to get dictionary and thesaurus completion
<C-x><C-K> allows for dictionary completion, and <C-x><C-T> for thesaurus completion.
How can I get both completions at once?
Ideally, is there a way I can add the thesaurus ...
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:o autocomplete
Without any plugins, I am able to autocomplete :vsp filena<tab>
I wonder why I don't get autocompletion of filenames with :o. I have tried this in different installations, terminals and OS.
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Completion pop-ups hijack arrow keys. Any way to disable that?
Regardless of which code completion plugin I use (I tried asyncomplete and YouCompleteMe), when there's a completion pop-up, up and down arrow keys select completion options in it instead of moving ...
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Easiest way to go to the closest closing bracket?
When I'm choosing an option from the autocomplete suggestions, it automatically puts my cursor in the following location:
function(|)
Then I type the value that I want, and in order to get out of ...
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Autocomplete hidden files
This same question has already been posted by a user who asked why this happened with the autocompletion of the :e[dit] command here. However, the accepted answer doesn't fully answer the question ...
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coc not working in latest vim
I've installed coc following the instruction, using Vim-Plug (before that I did it without installing yarn and with kite still (partially) installed. I got a 'javascript file not found' error So I ...
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C-N using try-catch
When using autocompletion with <C-n>, if no matching string is found, vim shows the message Pattern not found into the status bar.
I tried something with this simple function:
function! TestCN(...
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How to fix this `Omni completion (^O^N^P) Pattern not found` error?
I am trying to set up syntax keyword based omnicompletion in vim.
I have defined a few syntax keyword Constants in ~/.config/nvim/syntax/spl.vim
They are correctly detected and highlighted.
They are ...
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call omnicompletion from vimscript
I'd like to automatically call the omnicompletion (that is triggered manually by <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-O>) from within a vimscript function.
I played around a bit with execute 'normal! …' and ...
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How to print a list of possible matches from C-n?
That is, doing autocompletition with C-n, is there a way to obtain the list of possible matches, same as returned into the popup menu ?
Given the example below
is it possible to retrieve {aaa, aaab, ...
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Autocompletion doesn't work when using ALE + deoplete
From my init.vim (I've checked that it doesn't work even with a minimal configuration):
call plug#begin()
Plug 'Shougo/deoplete.nvim', { 'do': ':UpdateRemotePlugins' }
Plug 'dense-analysis/ale'
Plug '...
