New answers tagged autocompletion
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From the error message you're getting, it seems your Vim doesn't have Ruby support compiled in.
See this code snippet:
if !has('ruby')
call s:ErrMsg( "Error: Rubycomplete requires vim compiled with +ruby" )
call s:ErrMsg( "Error: falling back to syntax completion" )
" lets fall back to syntax completion
setlocal omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#...
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set completeopt+=noinsert
noinsert - do not insert any text for a match until the user selects a match from the menu. Only works in combination with "menu" or "menuone". No effect if "longest" is present.
For more info:
:h completeopt
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Maybe you can use :set cot=. To know more info see cot
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You can use <C-x><C-f> to enter filename completion.
Vim will understand the partial path already typed and offer you suggestions from paths in the filesystem. You can use the usual <C-p> and <C-n> to navigate the completion menu, also <C-f> works the same as <C-n> in this specific menu.
If you pick a directory name, you ...
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Don’t do the 'path' trick. The 'path' option affects many of vim’s best navigational techniques.
Instead (and I only learned about this recently—see :help 'wildmenu'), when you’re dealing with directories:
use Down to “drill down” into the subdirectory and start completing filenames below
use Up to “move up” into the parent directory and complete filenames ...
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Put this in your .vimrc:
set path+=**
This will also search in all subdirectories.
Then use the :find command. Start writing a part of the filename, for example...
:find io
...and then when you press Tab, it will autocomplete or offer possible matches from which you can choose. It will find io.py even if it's in a subdirectory.
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