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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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 '...
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What is the “stuck text” that happens on my screen as a byproduct of a plugin? How can I remove it?
When I'm using Vim in the terminal, I sometimes get stuff like this:
The square bracket floating is what I'm talking about. When my autocompleter plugin stops completing, sometimes it "forgets" to ...
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“Wait” key in :map
In my .vimrc i have
:imap .. .<C-x><C-o>
and it work as it should (double dot to open menu with fields).
But I also want to be able type text like [1..MAX] as you can see here vim will ...
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navigating dictionary completion
In my vimrc I have the following mappings:
set completeopt=longest,menuone,preview
inoremap <C-h> <C-n>
inoremap <C-k> <C-p>
inoremap <Leader>k <C-x><C-k&...
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What is the difference between loaded and unloaded buffers?
I was looking at the documentation for the 'complete' option, and I found it a bit confusing:
. scan the current buffer ('wrapscan' is ignored)
w scan buffers from other windows
b scan other ...
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How to remap Autocomplete on Control+N, to Control+Space?
I am trying to remap this functionality:
to Ctrl+Space, by using this line in .vimrc
inoremap <C-Space> <C-n>
However, I can not seem to get it to work.
If I press Ctrl+Space after ...
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How can I complete both words and WORDS? [duplicate]
I found this question, but mine is a bit different.
When I write code dealing with arrays or classes like $myArray['myElement'] or document.getElementById("myElement"), I get annoyed because I have ...
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How to get YouCompleteme to work with kernel headers
I am taking an OS class and we have an upcoming assignment involving Kernel modules.
I'm reading Wiley OS text to prepare and they have the below code.
I keep on getting an error that the header files ...
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Sophisticated autocompletion in Vim in a VScode manner
I'm currently switching to Vim as my main text editing tool and I try to investigate if it is possible to make Vim behave like VScode when it comes to autocompletion. I got really used to the way ...
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Can I disable insert-mode completion (ins-completion) key mapping (CTRL-X)?
Because the keys d and xare used in normal mode to delete letters, I map <ctrl-d> and <ctrl-x> in insert mode to delete and backspace.
However, when I started to use completion plugin (I ...
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How to show completion menu when typing EX-command?
When I use MS Windows version gvim, when typing EX-command, I can press TAB then there will show a completion candidates menu.
For example, if I type :colorscheme then a space then press TAB, gvim ...
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How to get this tab/autocompletion setup?
Basically what I want is a PyCharm-like completion:
If there is only whitespace, insert <TAB>.
If pum is visible and nothing is selected, complete with first, otherwise choose the selected word/...
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getting vim to autocomplete python methods
I am coming from statically types languages, but I will have to be using python for the next few years and I want to get my setup as smooth as possible.
Right now I am using vim-jedi, and deoplete-...
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How to enable “on-the-fly” autocompletion?
How can I make it so that no command or extra keystroke is required for the autocompletion menu to pop up?
i.e. what I want is the menu to be always present while in insert mode and to be constantly ...
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Autocompletion plugin for c/c++ with specific header path?
Is there a plugin which autocompletes C/C++ code from specific headers given in a specific path (i.e. /path/)?
If I include some headers from that path, I would get autocompletion from given header.
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Cancel command line completion insert
I notice a different behavior in command line completion from the regular completion in a buffer. Usually even if I select and item from the completion menu, CTRL-E cancels the completion and reverts ...
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Temporary normal mode doesn't wait for the command
When I press C-o in insert mode, the expected behaviour is that vim will wait for me to execute a single command and then returns to insert mode. Usually, after pressing C-o I have all the time in the ...
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Prevent “Pattern not found” error in autocompletition (i_Ctrl-N)
I use the following mapping for <Tab>:
inoremap <expr> <Tab> getline('.')[col('.') - 2] =~ '\w' ? "<C-N>" : "<Tab>"
It works well except that if I want to insert a tab ...
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Adding directory (header and source) to autocompletition search
I use Ctrl+P and Ctrl-N for autocompletition, and since I have library sources in another directory, like
/opt/ST/STM32F4xx_DSP_StdPeriph_Lib_V1.8.0/Libraries/STM32F4xx_StdPeriph_Driver/inc
/opt/ST/...
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Next tab completion item
I was seeing how the different default colorschemes look like in vim. To do that I typed :colo, then space and tab. But then when I want to set the next one, I have to press tab a lot of times to get ...
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Autocompletion filenames with prefix in variable
In Vim I make auto-completion of the filesystem paths just by the shortcut Ctrl + x, Ctrl + f, in insert mode.
In a Makefile I sometimes put a path's prefix in a variable. For instance STYLEDIR=/home/...
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ctrl-n - should not insert text
When I am using the ctrl-n functionality (autocomplete word), it just inserts the text. I do not want to do that, instead, I would want to choose a word from the dropdown list, which I may then want ...
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Make <Esc> close completion menu and cancel selection, without side effects
I would like to make my Vim completion menu a little more IDE-like, and I was able to achieve this using the bindings suggested here. However, the <Esc> binding causes a bit of a problem:
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How to omit dictionary source file in dictionary completion
<C-X><C-K>
complete words with long dictionary file name, such as /home/xxx/.vim/mydict.
I'd like to omit or shorten the descriptive info.
I have googled but got no hints.
Any advice?
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Cycle through autocomplete menu using tab
I am activating my autocomplete menu in vim using:
inoremap <C-@> <C-n>
and after it opened and only when it opened I would like to use the "tab" key to cycle through the menu. But when ...
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Integrating autocomplete and snippets
I'm trying to set up an autocompletion/snippet workflow that's a bit complicated. This is stemming from needing a better workflow for latex. Right now I'm using coc.nvim and UltiSnippets but I am ...
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Omni completion Pattern not found - Error loading rails environment
I'm trying to make Omni completion work with my Ruby files, but it only works with Ruby's core libraries; for instance, after typing
String.<C-X><C-O>
i get all Ruby's String methods, ...
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Is it possible to have auto suggestion of schema names?
(tag suggestions welcome)
I've just started learning Vim.
My other text editor, which I use for writing Hive queries is a browser based editor which has this very useful feature of auto suggesting ...
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file name completion in .gitignore
I often "unignore" files in .gitignore, like this:
*
!.gitignore
!file.txt
!dir
!dir/*
Can I modify the pattern for which insert mode file name completion would work? In this case, instead of ./ I'd ...
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How to navigate in auto completion menu, when arrows are disabled in .vimrc
Reason for my question: It's not the first time I have cancelled my arrow keys in vim, and the improvments in my typing is again tremendous. I wish to keep arrow keys non effective inside vim.
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autocompletion - How to add phrases as thesaurus synonyms
I have a thesaurus file which contains synonyms for the word iterate. I would like to add an alternative phrase for iterate like loop over so I added it to the thesaurus. Unfortunately, this doesn't ...
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`q` does not record tab completion correctly
Whenever I want to record complex macro between qa and q, I have to remember that, for instance, I can't use Tab-completion while type some ex command, otherwise the macro will not work.
Have I ...
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Supertab inserts tabulation instead of autocompleting
I have supertab installed alongside with vim-go.
Next, I'd like to have autocomplete when writing in Go, but when I press tab its literally inserts a tab character instead of showing the autocomplete ...
