*VimCompletesMe.txt*    Minimalistic tab completion for Vim.


                        VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Akshay Hegde


Help on using VimCompletesMe                                   *VimCompletesMe*

1. Introduction                         |VimCompletesMe-intro|
2. Configuration                        |VimCompletesMe-configuration|
3. Frequently Asked Questions           |VimCompletesMe-faq|

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 1. INTRODUCTION                                         *VimCompletesMe-intro*

VimCompletesMe is a tab completion plugin for Vim with minimalism in mind.

It will use Vim's |ins-completion| to provide tab completion and you can
configure VimCompletesMe to use a specific type of completions.

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2. CONFIGURATION                                 *VimCompletesMe-configuration*

The following aspects of VimCompletesMe's behavior are configurable using the
following options:

|'b:vcm_tab_complete'|          Use a specific type of completion.
|'g:vcm_direction'|             Controls the direction of the completion.
|'g:vcm_s_tab_behavior'|        Controls the behavior of Shift-Tab.
|'g:vcm_default_maps'|          Set up default maps (Tab + Shift Tab)

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                                                         *'b:vcm_tab_complete'*
Values: string                                                                ~
Default: ''                                                                   ~

Controls the type of completion to use. If empty, the |<Tab>| key will
intelligently (depending on the context) use:

1. Local keyword completion (|i_Ctrl-X_Ctrl-N|)
2. File path completion     (|i_Ctrl-X_Ctrl-F|)
3. Omni completion          (|i_Ctrl-X_Ctrl-F|)

You can set |b:vcm_tab_complete| to one of the following to use a specific type
of completion:

1. "dict"   - Dictionary completion |i_Ctrl-X_Ctrl-K|
2. "user"   - User-defined completion |i_Ctrl-X_Ctrl-U|
3. "vim"    - Vim command line completion |i_Ctrl-X_Ctrl-V|
4. "tags"   - Tag based completion |i_Ctrl-X_Ctrl-]|
5. "omni"   - Omni completion |i_Ctrl-X_Ctrl-O|

The b:vcm_tab_complete makes a great |:autocmd| as follows:
>
    autocmd FileType ruby let b:vcm_tab_complete = "tags"
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When none of the special completions above get any results, you can press Tab
again to have VimCompletesMe switch the context to keyword completion. In some
situations (like after completing something and then trying the context switch
again without leaving insert mode), you may need a Vim version greater than
7.3.589 to get the best context switch behavior. The context will be
automatically switched back to the completion set in the |b:vcm_tab_complete|
variable.

NOTE: The "dict" option requires the user to set |'dictionary'| in their
|vimrc| file. In Unix, you can put the following in your ~/.vimrc:
>
    set dictionary=/usr/share/dict/words
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NOTE: The "tags" option will use a tags file generated by |Exuberant_Ctags|

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                                                            *'g:vcm_direction'*
Values: string                                                                ~
Default: 'n'                                                                  ~

Controls the direction of tab completion. By default, if a popup menu is
opened during completion, the |<Tab>| key will cycle forward through the list.

You can change it to cycle backwards through the list by putting the following
in your |vimrc|:
>
    let g:vcm_direction = 'p'
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                                                       *'g:vcm_s_tab_behavior'*
Values: numeric                                                               ~
Default: 0                                                                    ~

Controls the shift-tab behavior used by VimCompletesMe.

By default, pressing |<S-Tab>| after a space, or a tab will de-indent the
current line.

If you change this option to 1, |<S-Tab>| will work just like |<Tab>|.

You can change this variable by putting the following in your |vimrc|:
>
    let g:vcm_s_tab_behavior = 1
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                                                         *'g:vcm_default_maps'*
Values: numeric                                                               ~
Default: 1                                                                    ~

Set up mappings for Tab and Shift-Tab. If you would like to use your
own mappings, unset this variable by putting the following in your |vimrc|:
>
    let g:vcm_default_maps = 0
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 3. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS                             *VimCompletesMe-faq*

1. When the popup menu is opened, how can I make the Enter key select the     ~
   completion entry instead of creating a new line?                           ~

Solution: Just make a mapping like the following, in your |vimrc|:
>
    inoremap <expr> <CR> pumvisible() ? "\<C-y>" : "\<C-g>u\<CR>"
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2. When pressing the Tab key, why is the the last popup item selected?     ~

This is because VimCompletesMe is invoking |i_Ctrl-P| by default for you.
Pressing the Tab key will then cycle forwards the list, so some users are
confused that it takes two Tab presses to jump to the first item in the list.

However, this behavior is the default Vim behavior, and VimCompletesMe agrees
with it. Invoking |i_Ctrl-P| instead of |i_Ctrl-N| is done because it is more
likely that the keyword you are trying to complete is before the current
cursor position. When the Tab key is pressed when the popup menu is open,
VimCompletesMe simply uses Ctrl-N to advance to the next item in the popup
menu. If you would like VimCompletesMe to invoke |i_Ctrl-N| instead, see the
|'g:vcm_direction'| option.

It is also useful to check out the "longest" attribute of the |'completeopt'|
option. Setting the following in your |vimrc| will insert the longest matching
string and then popup the completion item, so you will always start at the
head of the popup menu list:
>
    set completeopt+=longest
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3. How do I make VimCompletesMe work with various snippet engines?         ~

A simple solution is to ensure that the Tab and Shift-Tab keys do not conflict
with any other plugins. Thus, you can either disable VimCompletesMe's
|vcm_default_maps| option or use a different forward and backward triggers for
the snippet engines.

For the first case, simply assign a different key to act as the Tab key for
<Plug>vim_completes_me_forward, or the Shift-Tab key for
<Plug>vim_completes_me_backward functions.

For the second case, simply assign different keys to act as the snippet
engines forward and backward triggers. A suggestion would be to map `<C-j>`
and `<C-k>` in insert mode. Note that while |i_Ctrl-j| does nothing useful in
insert mode, you might be using |i_Ctrl-k| for digraphs. These keybinds are
merely suggestions.

@sunaku from Github has a great solution to make VimCompletesMe work with
Neosnippet. See
https://github.com/ajh17/VimCompletesMe/issues/12#issuecomment-94115124
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