Questions tagged [ins-completion]
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Complete text with one tap
I use a plugin called supertab( ervandew/supertab) that provide completion options. A menu automatically appears after I type 2 characters.
What I want to do, is to have a mapping that completes the ...
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Word completion ^P / ^N is very slow because of scanning a :term buffer
I open a terminal window inside of a vim session and leave it there for weeks, use it for compilation, running and debugging my code. After couple of days the length of the terminal buffer grows over ...
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completion suggestions appear in reverse
I am on neovim. For some reason, when I do <c-x><c-n>, the best match appears at the bottom and not at the top of the menu. It used to be OK.
For example, it displays suggestions from ...
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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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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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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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Stuck on X mode (INSERT COMPL), how do I quit?
I've been using vim for 3 years and this is the first time I hear about this mode. This is also quite embarrassing.
I have no idea what did I type, I didn't intend to enter this mode. Vim will write ...
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Ins-completion C-X C-F and the path variable [duplicate]
Can the insert-completion of file names CTRL+XCTRL+F can be used to complete filenames that are not in the current working directory ? But rather in any in the path variable ?
Can we, for example, ...
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Ignore a filetype when opening but not when using insert-mode popup-menu
Using :h wildignore, I can ignore certain types of files or certain folders when searching through them to open one of them. But that also means those files and directories will be ignored when I try ...
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Recognizing the right expression to complete in insert mode
When one triggers a completion, vim guesses what was the expression (behind the cursor) that you want to complete. I don't fully understand the logic, but it seems that it assumes that the expression ...
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switching `<Down>` and `<C-n>` in popup menu
I'd like to switch the behaviour of the <Down> and <C-n> keys when the popup menu (like from omnicompletion) is visible (and <Up>/<C-p> respectively).
The following two ...
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Filter file completion list
When I write markdown and want to insert an image, i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F comes in handy. I know that I can filter by typing a few characters that precede the filename, but actually what I want is either ...
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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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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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How to start insert-mode completion from select mode using Vimscript?
I have some text selected in select mode. I want to delete it and start insert-mode completion.
When I type these keystrokes into Vim it works perfectly:
gvc<C-X><C-U>
gv switches to ...
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How to get insert mode map to work regardless of completion popup?
I have an insert mode mapping which calls a function to select some text and leave vim in select mode.
inoremap <silent> <C-J> <C-\><C-O>:call MyFunction()<CR>
This ...
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Mapping to have completion attempt one mode and fall back to another if no completions found
I am attempting to map ,<tab> in insert mode to first attempt omnicompletion then fall back to <c-p> or <c-x><c-p> completion.
I have used this reference to successfully send ...
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Change the behavior of CTRL-X submode key bindings
I wanted to change the behavior of some keys in the :h i_CTRL-X submode. For example, I wanted to use the following:
inoremap <expr> <C-f> pumvisible() ? "\<C-x>\<C-f>" : "<...
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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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Explain `infercase` option
I don't understand what :h infercase is supposed to do. I tried out some scenarios, but still can't figure out the differences between when it is turned off and on. Can someone explain it to me, ...
