Omnicomplete is the name of the Vim feature which provides smart autocompletion. A popup menu offers word completion choices that may include struct and class members, system functions, and more. It is similar to Microsoft's IntelliSense.
Questions tagged [omnicomplete]
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Can Omnicomplete in Vim for python/3 complete function names or just methods?
To illustrate my question, here is a simple example of how Omnicomplete is acting on my machine:
name = "Bob"
na gives-----> name
name. gives-----> (correct dropdown menu of methods for string)
prin …
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Getting VIM to be efficient in Actionscript like Flex
I'm trying to setup VIM for editing Actionscript 3 for some upcoming Flash projects. I dislike working in an IDE and prefer VIM. Right now, I know that I want:
Omnicomplete (with tab completion)
Syntax highlighting (there is an actionscript.vim…
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pythoncomplete in vim - hardcode factory function returns?
I'm using pythoncomplete omnicompletion in vim.
It works great when I instantiate classes directly, eg
import numpy as np
x = np.ndarray(l)
then x attributes complete correctly.
But I work with numpy and matplotlib so usually use factory functions…
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Vim style Omnicomplete for emacs?
I've found several code completion elisp packages for emacs that do code completion, but most bind to a key such as M-/ to toggle completion. Is there something similar to Vim's omnicomplete where you can set it to automatically pop up a list of…
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Omnicompletion stops giving useful predictions
I am trying to set up omni completion for PHP in vim 7.3 with ctags 5.9~svn20110310 on Ubuntu 12.04.1 (LTS) but I am running into a very strange issue where completion provides radically different predictions for instances of the same class.
I have…
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Vim with python support enviromental variables
If i type in the vim command line
:python import os;print os.getenv('PYTHONPATH')
I get a path
If i close vim and on the same terminal do
echo $PYTHONPATH
I get another completly different path
Why is this, where is vim getting this path?
This is…
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How to tame Vim keyword (not omni) completion for Perl files?
[Update 06/2013: As user doubleDown observed, I have the terminology wrong: The handy C-p and C-n keystrokes are not omni completion (omnicompletion), but keyword completion. I think the Vim terminology is somewhat unfortunate here: omni is Latin…
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How do I change the boundaries of symbols used/detected in Vim omni completion?
For example, in Sass I'm using dashes for variable names, and I have a variable called:
$hello-there
If I type in he then attempt to complete it, it will only complete hello. How would I make it so that it would complete hello-there?
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Problem with Ruby OmniComplete in Vim 7.3 finding matches at one line but not 2 lines down
Im trying to figure out why ruby omnicompl only works sometimes for me.
Here it's working as expected.
But when I try the same thing on the same ivar 2 lines down I get "Pattern not found"
Both are done the same way, typing out…
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How change short keys in Vim?
I am a new user in Vim. How change these keys in Zen Coding,
ctr+y+,
To
ctr+e
And also change in omni,
ctr+x ctr+o
To
ctr+j
How can I do that?
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VIM - Sourcing tags from multiple locations in project
Good day,
I typically work on relatively small (less than 20,000 lines of code) projects that are all self contained within a single directory, have their own Makefile, and are fairly easy to work with.
VIM is my preferred editor, and when I open a…
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Vim,omnicomplete and python documentation
I started to learn Python, and I tried to setup my vim for it. I have vim 7.3.5.3, it has omnicompletion and I downloaded pyflakes. I read this article
and it says that omnicompletion should also display some documentation (there is also an image…
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No omnicompletion for python class members in vim?
I want to create tags (ctags 5.8) file for my classes in python.For functions, and class members defined outside the class definition omnicompletion works ok. However if I define data member in a constructor ( self.x=2 ) I cannot see the ctags…
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Calling omnicompletion for every keypress in vim
I have a vim script that uses a one line window to get a filename pattern from the user. This pattern can be completed to a full filename from a database if you press CTRL-X CTRL-O. Now the only problem is that you have to press the auto completion…
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How to i show omnicomplete's autocomplete list without autocompleting current text
I am learning vim with omnicomplete. I am wondering whether I can show the omnicomplete list without autocompleting current text. For example,
If I type "str.c" and then invoke omnicomplete, it will show a list containing possible words starting…
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