I am using neocomplcache along with neosnippet and honza's vim-snippets. They are great, except that when I press Ctrl-k, I can go to the next parameter, but I have no way to go back to the previous parameter.
So for example, if I inserted 'for' snippet and made a typo on the index variable, but I already pressed Ctrl-k, am I screwed? Must I go through modifications of all the parameters and then come back to do replace operation? Or is there mapping for select mode that I can help me in this situation? Currently Tab and S-Tab do not do anything.
Lastly, are all snippet plugins like this? Or is neocomplcache just missing this feature (out of the box, at least)?
I encourage you to try UltiSnips. It is much more powerful and mature than vim-snippets or neosnippet. For instance, since UltiSnips is based on Python, it is very extensible. Concerning your problem: yes, you can jump back and forth with UltiSnips. Finally, be sure to check out screencasts (listed in the link) to see all the fancy stuff you can do with it.
For example, I use the following configuration:
let g:UltiSnipsSnippetsDir = '~/.vim/snippets/'
let g:UltiSnipsSnippetDirectories = ['UltiSnips', 'snippets']
let g:UltiSnipsExpandTrigger = '<C-CR>'
let g:UltiSnipsJumpForwardTrigger = '<A-d>'
let g:UltiSnipsJumpBackwardTrigger = '<A-a>'
NOTE: ~/.vim/snippets/ is my directory for custom snippets.
As I've already mentioned UltiSnips uses Python extensively, and therefore requires Vim to be built with Python support. If you are on Windows (especially x64), that might be a trouble, the one I've run into quite some time ago. To save yourself precious time and avoid frustration you may consider downloading my Vim for Windows. Both x86 and x64 architectures are provided, and it supports both Python 2 and Python 3 simultaneously. I can assure you that it is stable. To install properly just follow the instructions. These builds are updated frequently.
The original SnipMate and its fork (the plugins for which vim-snippets is actually meant to be) both allow you to go back to the previous placeholder with <S-Tab>. I believe UltiSnips does too.
Neocomplcache doesn't support snippet expansion out of the box anymore. AFAIK, you need another plugin by the same author called neosnippet which is the one responsible for the <C-k> mapping. A quick look at the doc shows no "reverse jump" mapping, function or command. You can probably create a new issue on neosnippet's Github page.
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So I'm using Sublime Text 3 w/ Julia, and I have mixed feelings about the autocomplete. A lot of the time it recommends these vague internal functions that aren't even close to the word I'm typing in. For example:
http://puu.sh/iWyrB/7293a9928f.png
Even if I've used dict_t as a variable before, I have to type in most of the word before it recommends dict_t; it seems to happen once it runs out of internal functions to recommend.
So it seems like this is coming from the IJulia package. I like using that package, but moments like the picture above are frustrating. Any advice?
Edit:
To disable "insert completion on tab" add this to you User Preferences:
// By default, auto complete will commit the current completion on enter.
// This setting can be used to make it complete on tab instead.
// Completing on tab is generally a superior option, as it removes
// ambiguity between committing the completion and inserting a newline.
"auto_complete_commit_on_tab": false,
To disable the auto-complete popup (but still be able to insert completion on tab):
// Enable auto complete to be triggered automatically when typing.
"auto_complete": true,
I'm afraid you cannot remove only the completions coming from Sublime-IJulia and keeping all default completions without changing any code in the Sublime-IJulia package.
If what you need is genera Julia support for sublime (syntax highlighting, auto-indent etc), I recommend switching from Sublime-IJulia to Julia-sublime. Sublime-IJulia had it's last commit in January 2015 while Julia-sublime is actively maintained. Most notably in this case, Julia-sublime does not give autocomplete for all standard functions.
Note that Julia-sublime, like other syntax packages in sublime, does not not strive to be an IDE substitute. These features should be separated, not all users wants both.
For running Julia code from within Sublime with IDE-like functionality there is currently no good alternative, the packages I've found are outdated and have quite a few issues.
When it comes to developing and testing code, I like keep a REPL open in the terminal and just re-include() my code in there. I find this to be flexible and efficient. More on this in the Julia FAQ: http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.4/manual/faq/#how-can-i-modify-the-declaration-of-a-type-immutable-in-my-session).
Disclosure: I am the maintainer of Julia-sublime. If you encounter issues or feel that something can be improved, I encourage you open an issue.
I use https://github.com/nsf/gocode in conjunction with https://github.com/Shougo/neocomplete.vim for my Go autocompletion.
It works really well, except for one little thing. When I type something like
fmt.pri
I get autocomplete option like so:
fmt.Println(a ...interface{}) (n int, err error)
Since I'm new to Go, this is super helpful, because now I know what arguments the method takes, what are the types, and also what does it return.
Unfortunately, as soon as I write past bracket, the information is gone.
fmt.Println(
So on more complex methods that I'm using for first time, I'm stuck, and have to jump to source definition, or run godoc.
It would be much easier to have that information available somewhere, preferably on the bottom of Vim where the command/status line is.
Does anyone know how such a thing could be achieved?
Preview window breaks my Vim so it's not an option.
I use autocomplpop (well, my fork of it) and it has a feature where it does a small split window with the completion text in it that sticks around. It does this when you set...
let g:acp_completeoptPreview = 1
I'm sure neocomplcache has a similar feature. Glancing through its documentation it discusses a preview window in several places. Search for preview in its docs and see what you can find.
This is ultimately controlled by 'completeopt' containing 'preview' (:h completeopt). The auto-completing packages often set these values as part of their functionality, which is why with autocomplpop you need to use its option to control it instead of just doing 'completeopt+=preview'.
I have found this resource for Ruby/Rails snippets, seems like it has lots of cool snippets that I could use with vim.
But since I'm new to vim, I don't know how to enable those snippets to my vim editor. There is no instruction manual as such.
How can I get these kind of snippets enabled in the vim editor?
Those snippets are for the snipMate - TextMate-style snippets for Vim plugin. You need to install it first.
Note that though this plugin isn't maintained any more, it's still working fine (and probably will continue to do so, due to Vim's great record of backwards compatibility), and is still used by many people (me included). There's a renewed fork available, though: garbas/vim-snipmate. A newer, more powerful plugin is UltiSnips - The ultimate snippet solution for python enabled Vim, which can convert the old snipMate snippets into its format. So, there's a lot of choice.
About Snippet Plugin in Vim
I recommend the plugin Neosnippets: https://github.com/Shougo/neosnippet This is the best in my opinion.
Step 1: Install plugin. Recommend using Pathogen to install
step 2: Download/clone a snippet repo you like to local machine, or create your own(recommeneded)
Step 3: Set the path of above repo as Neosnippets's snippets folder in vimrc
let g:neosnippet#snippets_directory='~/path/to/above/snippets/'
Step 4: Customize more if you like, according to the help file.
For the repo you mentioned
I checked it.
One problem is it's out of date, many Rails code are several years ago. They are of little use now.
The other problem is the format is not compatible with NeoSnippet. You can check :help neosnippet-snippet-syntax for how to write snippets for NeoSnippets. It's simple while easy to use.
I am looking for recommendations on using VIM as an IDE. I generally code in a number of programming languages, including C, C++, assembler, MATLAB, Maple, BASH scripts, to name a few.
In general, I like to use a single IDE for the bulk of my projects for the sake of consistency, and I have found that I perform about 90% of all my coding in VIM, and occasionally use Eclipse instead for certain projects in C/C++ (ie: projects people have already put together as an Eclipse project, or PIC24/32 projects from www.microchip.com).
I am already very familiar with the basic functionality of VIM (windows vs buffers, text manipulation, scripting), and would like to use it as my primary IDE. I have already taken a few tips from here:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Vim_like_an_IDE#Writing_Code
I already use the nerdTree plugin for directory browsing in a project, etc, but I need to do something about code completion and symbol resolution, as those are my two greatest concerns.
Symbol resolution
I have some limited experience in the use of C-tags, and wanted a suggestion on what I should use if I am working with a VERY large code-base that changes frequently. The projects I work on typically are pulling in header files from at least a dozen other projects, and I would like to be able to jump to the file where a function, constant, or macro is defined quickly (ie: like the CTRL-G feature in Eclipse, "jump to definition"), as well as rapidly get a list of all calls/references to a function/macro/constant/etc (ie: like the CTRL-SHIFT-G feature in Eclipse, "Show all references in project or current working directory").
Tab completion
One of the features I really like in Visual Studio and Eclipse, for example, is when I type in a variable name (ie: pointer to struct) and it resolves the names and types of all structure members and gives me a tab completion list to choose the appropriate member. They also point out when I've incorrectly used "." vs "->" for member access. I've tried superTab in VIM, but I just couldn't get it working. I also want the tab-completion feature to use the same C-tags as generated by the symbol resolution plugin
Handling build output
The final concern of mine is having an auto-generated list of build warnings and build errors. When I, for example, just run "make all" at the command-line prompt, it is a pain to have to read through code listings to manually find all build warnings.
I realize this is a lot to ask, and that I could always just fall-back to Visual Studio or Eclipse, but I really want just a simple cross-platform console-capable modal editor for all my development needs, and none of the major IDE's out there fill this need.
Thank you all in advance.
http://eclim.org/ - bring Eclipse functionality to the Vim editor
https://github.com/scrooloose/syntastic - syntax checker warnings in quickfix list
I think (but haven't checked) that Eclim satisfies #1 and #2 while I'm sure that Syntastic satisfies #3. More things of interest:
https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline - just nice
https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim - quick file finder
https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen - plugin manager (to install the others)
And are you aware of omnicompletion via Ctrl-p and Ctrl-n (prev and next) in insert mode? That's not code completion, but frequently does the job.
For the auto-completion part (point 2), I am proficiently using clang_complete.
For a quick setup and reference, try this page: http://zwiener.org/vimautocomplete.html
EDIT: this is for C, C++ and Objective-C only.
I use the following configuration in vim:
zipped file
It has autocomplete based on tag list, ctags, nerd commenter and some more plugins.
Hope it helps.. :)
I have been using Vim as an IDE for about a year now. All of my customization is online at github.
That said, I don't think a Vim beginner should start using vim like this; rather I think the Vim beginner should learn vim incrementally. The only changes that I think are so essential I would make them from the very beginning are:
Remap ESC to jk
Switch : and ;
Set leader key to ,
I've been using Vim for a while now and love it, but one thing I've noticed when I use other editors is that I've never really got autocomplete working with much efficiency. I have supertab & snipmate working, I have tags for whatever language I'm using set up, but somehow it seems a little too cumbersome to use all that much, and apart from long method names I typically just avoid autocomplete.
Does anyone have fast, comprehensive autocomplete funcitonality set up in vim? Specifically:
At the moment, I hit "tab" to autocomplete class/method/variable names & generate snippets, but Ctrl+X+O for inbuilt langauge commands. I'd rather press tab for everything.
The ordering doesn't seem to be too intelligent. Very common stuff is often hidden in the middle of a bunch of rarely-used commands.
I've set up autocomplpop to show potential autocompletes as I'm typing, but I have to hit tab twice to accept the first entry. One much rather single-tab it.
So, any tips on setting up an efficient, comprehensive autocomplete configuration in vim? I know this question is a little vague - but if anyone has an overview of how they autocomplete well, and/or a link to a guide, it would be much appreciated.
Just thought I'd come back and mention that I finally found something I like: A customised version of NeoComplCache. Nice auto popup, everything integrated pleasantly into 'tab', and with a bit of customisation plays nice with snippets.
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2620
This is very dependant on your working domain. Vim is a text editor with the ability to interface with intelligent text-aware mechanisms.
If you are using java there is eclim, which is the eclipse backend together with a vim plugin for the frontend.
For C or C++ there is the plugin OmniCppComplete
It works by scanning the headers in the paths you have set up in vim (see :h path), and works very well imo.
If you have to press Ctrl-X_Ctrl-O for omnicompleteion, then your supertab config seems a bit broken. It should try omni or filename completion first, and then fall back to word completion.
YouCompleteMe plugin by Valloric is a very decent plugins for autocomplete and suggestion.
It contains support for all the major languages and you can extend the feature with setting up different engine .
it also comes with syntax checker so u don't have to use Syntastic separately
For setup details visit this link
https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe