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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html id completion
I'm familiar with vim's built in completion, one of the completion methods allow me to autocomplete filepaths.
I am working with a large html project where I need to reference filepaths along with id'...
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Insert abbreviation and open completion
I sometimes add abbreviations for local files or projects.
For example having:
PREFIX_FOO
PREFIX_BAR
PREFIX_BAZ
Instead of typing PREFIX_ I map it to something, for example PP or P1, P2, ... etc.
:...
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Using the completion function for a command that is passed as an argument to another command
Is it possible to programmatically get a command's definition so that its completion function can be called manually? Alternatively, is it possible to define a command such that the first argument is ...
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How can I ask autocompletion to ignore buffers matching a pattern?
I make use of vim's <C-n>/<C-p> auto-completion menu with the default complete setting .,w,b,u,t,i.
This generally works great, but I'd like to have Vim ignore buffers from a certain ...
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VimTeX omnicompletion for bibliography
Problem with builtin omnicompletion for bibliography. It works on main.tex, but not in the chapters.
This is the tree structure:
├── chapters
│ ├── actors_behaviour.tex
│ ├── analysis_acts.tex
│ ...
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`E93: More than one match` when `<C-d>` shows only one match
When jumping between buffers in Vim, most the time things work quite smoothly.
I like to jump to buffers by writing :b something1*something2, checking if the match is unique by invoking C-d, and if so ...
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Preventing copilot suggestions when "normal" suggestions are present
Since my last update of my plugins, copilot now gets in a fight with CoC trying to complete. The result is that I can't use tab to select the first CoC suggestion, since it will apply the copilot ...
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Is it possible to populate the autocompletion popup before all the results are fetched?
I greatly make use of Vim's <C-n>/<C-p> auto-completion menu. When working on large projects, or on sporadic large files, this may take several seconds or longer to be populated.
Is there ...
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How to jump to location of completion from another file?
In Vim, oftens I happen to be using some completion that vim provides for me in the Ctrl n/Ctrl p menu. If the completion happens to be from some other file, I know that Vim knows where it comes from ...
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configure omnicomplete to use `gj` `gk` to go the next and previous completion
Having decided to use the arrow keys to navigate instead of hjkl, and having decided that I want to move to the previous screen line, not actual text line, I have put this on vimrc
nnoremap <Up> ...
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Cmp conflicts with native autocomplete i_CTRL-P and i_CTRL-N
I use lsp-zero.nvim and it requires nvim-cmp which is what I think is causing the problem.
How can I retain the native autocompletion i_CTRL-P and i_CTRL-N while also using cmp?
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Popup to show number of matches of a given string while in insert mode, and while completion popup is being shown
This is a follow up to a previous question.
Thanks to that, I could come up with this augroup:
augroup Foo
autocmd!
autocmd TextChangedI,TextChangedP * call <SID>foo()
fun s:foo()
let ...
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iabbrev with autocompletition
I had setup the following iabbrev for my Verilog settings:
iabbrev module module<Enter>(<Enter><Enter>);<Up><Up><Up><End>
iabbrev begin begin<Enter><...
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How to restrict tab-completion to the file name when opening a buffer
I know that I can do:
:b home<tab>
and vim will autocomplete to all buffers with the word "home" in them. My problem is that this includes all buffers that have "home" ...
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OpenMP not detected by clangd despite compile_commands.json
My program compiles fine, but within Vim (with CoC + clangd) I get the linting error: #include <omp.h> 'omp.h' file not found (clang pp_file_not_found)
I use bear -- make as described in https://...
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Strange behaviour with vim-lsp+clangd+asyncomplete-lsp
here is my .vimrc:
call plug#begin()
Plug 'prabirshrestha/vim-lsp'
Plug 'mattn/vim-lsp-settings'
Plug 'prabirshrestha/asyncomplete.vim'
Plug 'prabirshrestha/asyncomplete-lsp.vim'
Plug 'piec/vim-lsp-...
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Down arrow key triggers coc#pum#visible() ? coc#pum#next(0) : "\"
I am using NVIM 0.9.0 stable release with Conqueror of Completion which I installed recently.
I am used to using the arrow keys in insert mode for quick navigation between two lines. After installing ...
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Shortcut keys sometimes type commands into the buffer for the file I am editing
I'm using gvim with the included mswin.vim keybindings, so Ctrl+S AKA C-S will save the buffer. It provides these mappings.
" Use CTRL-S for saving, also in Insert mode (<C-O> doesn't work ...
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Autocomplete opens in the wrong window
When using vim with coc installed, auto-complete is always opening and characters are being inserted into the window where the first auto-complete was displayed.
I have a directory with two files (...
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Can I interrupt the loop through a command completion custom list to trigger recomputation of the list?
Here's a minimal example:
function s:compl_list(argLead, cmdLine, cursorPos)
if a:argLead == 'opts='
return map(['op1', 'op2', 'op3'], {_, v -> a:argLead . v })
endif
return ['initial', '...
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Prevent Neovim LSP from opening a scratch preview buffer
When auto-completing with neovim's LSP, whenever selecting a menu entry from the auto-complete list a scracth/preview buffer is created, even if empty:
How can I disable these buffers specifically ...
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Adding dictionary words list to deoplete plugin
Let's say I have a list of words in one file in my home directory (each word is in a separate line):
bar
barfoo
foo
foobar
...
How can I add this list of words to Vim deoplete auto-completion plugin? ...
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<tab> autocompletion not working
I installed ycm with vimplug and it's working, but I have to press <C-n> to scroll through the autocompletion menu.
How can I remap that to <tab>?
my .vimrc:
call plug#begin()
Plug '...
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Access to the CTRL-N auto-complete UI functionality
I have a list of strings in an external file.
I want to be able to access those strings, and perform the auto complete functionality on those, in the same way that CTRL-N works usually.
See the below ...
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Go to definition with LSP
I'm trying to use Jedi to do "jump-to-definition". For example, if my cursor is on MLPClassifier, I want to be able jump to the place where that class is defined in Python code from the ...
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Why inoremapping <c-e> shadows <c-e> completion functionality?
Foreword
Open a new file with vim -Nu NONE and insert the following text (| is to indicate the position of the cursor, in insert mode)
longline
lo|
longerline
Now hit Ctrl-XCtrl-N and the ...
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Remove words from comments in vim autocompletion
I have looked for similar questions but I was quite surprised to not find anything similar... either I am the first person on this planet to have this issue, or I have searched using bad keywords.
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In neovim, can I use Enter to accept a command completion instead of executing the command?
Using neovim (v0.8.1 on Fedora 37) with its default configuration in my home directory, when I type :e <tab> the completion menu pops up, the first entry (here Desktop) is highlighted and the ...
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How to tab autocomplete in command-line and search using CoC?
How can I have autocompletion in the colon command-line and during / search just as autocomplete works in my buffers?
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Completion for ++flags in command-line mode
Is there any way to turn on tab completion for the various ++[flag] flags that some commands take?
For example, :e ++ff=unix whatever.txt overrides fileformat to unix for whatever.txt, but :e ++<...
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Shorter way to call specific plugin function
In the middle of a Vim session, I need to call a particular plugin's function via:
:call UltiSnips#RefreshSnippets()
When from normal mode I type :call UltiS<Tab>, it auto-expands to ...
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How do I call a user-defined command from a function, and wait until it finishes?
The two functions in the script below can be called independently via key mappings <leader>1 and <leader>2. In a perfect world, <leader>1 will always be called first. If the user ...
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How to make file completion for a hidden file?
I use ctrlx f to autocomplete the file path. But the popup window won't have the dot file (hidden file, here it is the .obsidian.vimrc file I want to find) unless I press . first, then press ctrlx f.
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Smart way to type latex `\SI{..}{..}` macro in vim (snipped/autocompletion)
A physics high school student of mine is typesetting latex documents using vim. I noticed however that he doesn't use the siunitx package which typesets units properly. However the syntax for example \...
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ctrl-x, ctrl-k spelling completion not working on Windows
I use the same configuration on Linux and Windows. This is the config for spelling:
" Set dictionary and regenerate spl files on startup
set dictionary+=/usr/share/dict/words
set spelllang=en_gb
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How to get the command short form for custom commands?
The built-in Vim command have a nice property. You have only to type as much such that Vim can guess the command.
For :cclose you can type:
:ccl
:cclo
:cclos
:cclose
Is there a way to get the same ...
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How can I enable html autocomplete in .tmpl files?
I'm editing .tmpl files which are mostly html with some template language syntax inside {{ double curly braces }}.
I'm using COC for autocompletion and I want to be able to use the autocomplete ...
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Remap line completion to Ctrl-X
I am trying to remap the line-completion command (^X^L) to the simpler ^L (or Ctrl-L, or <C-L>).
VIM's help (see :h ins-completion) suggests the following :
:inoremap ^L ^X^L
I tried adding ...
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How to get autocomplete for :set?
E.g. I am trying to change foldmethod to syntax:
:set foldmethod=s^I^I
When I press tab after typing s, I get ^I instead of auto-completing to syntax. Only possible options are manual,indent,expr,...
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Completion menu closes after typing more characters in substring matches
Let's assume you have the following completefunc defintion:
vim9script
const py_keywords = [
{ 'word': 'pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.argsort'},
{ 'word': 'pandas.api.extensions....
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How to get similar completion from coc as ycm?
I've been user of YCM for years now. Recently discovered coc-vim and trying it out.
Looks like it provides loads of additional features on top of what YCM has.
One thing that I can't figure out how to ...
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Why Does Auto-Completion Returns Commands that Don't Work?
Why does VIM allow auto-completion of items that are not a valid command? For example, if I type :s, and press the tab key, the following entries are displayed:
However, none of these commands seem ...
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How can I get language and keyword completion in omnifunc? [duplicate]
Let's say I'm editing this Python script:
something = 1
something_else = 2
My cursor is on the third line, in insert mode.
When omnifunc is unset, <C-X><C-O> displays an error:
E764: ...
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Indent changes when using CoC, how do I stop this?
I have set up my init.vim file to always use tabs as indentation by adding this to it:
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set noexpandtab
Ever since I installed CoC to use Rust's language server, it ...
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Vim autocomplete to store words between documents
User statement:
I use Vim to write many technical text documents, including emails.
Question:
Is it possible to "store unique words" from past documents in some .vim/file that would be ...
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How to undo in ctrl-x mode?
Let's say I just completed following path using Ctrl-x, Ctrl-f (twice) and I haven't exited the Ctrl-x mode yet and I got
/home/john.doe/
Let's say I chose john.doe accidentally and actually want to ...
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Slow down system when open nvim [closed]
When I open neovim, system slows down. Even neovim's itself. switching between buffers take one or two seconds. I think this is because of autocompletion system. I use Coc. When I run neovim, a ...
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Autocomplete LateX citations in chapters directory
Currently writing my thesis using LateX, I'm trying to obtain autocomplete on my citations when writing the chapters. The directory structure is that each chapter has its own main.tex files (template ...
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How do I cycle through autocomplete items with tab while also filling in the current selection in buffer?
I have the following in my init.vim
"If PUM (complete menu) is visible, then execute <C-y> (which selects an item), otherwise, do a normal tab
inoremap <silent><expr> <TAB&...
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why is inoremap parentheses, brackets, quotes not working
I'm new to vim and trying to configure vim for my coding learning course. I tried these very basic inoremap lines in my ~/.vimrc, and there are also similar lines for <>'", but none of them ...
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