Francois Ingelrest wrote:
> It seems that Vim does not have the same behavior depending on whether
> "longest" is used as a complete option.
>
> When using "set completeopt=menu", if I use <c-n> and there's only one
> possible completion, the current word is completed without showing the
> menu and I'm immediately out of the completion mode.
>
> When using "set completeopt=menu,longest", if I use <c-n> and there's
> only one possible completion, the current word is completed without
> showing the menu and I'm stuck into completion mode. The status line
> says "-- Keyword completion (^N^P) Back at original" and even if I
> type new characters (except a space), I can no longer use <c-n> until
> I stop the completion mode by hand (<c-e>). While this may not be a
> problem with text files, it is very annoying when programming.
>
> For instance, when typing:
>
> myTab[myIndex]
>
> If I use <c-n> to complete "myTab" and that's the only possibility,
> then I cannot use it to complete "myIndex" unless I hit <c-e>.
>
> IMHO, either Vim should get out of the completion mode after the first
> completion, or it should consider that a character such as '[' stops
> the completion mode (as a space does).
What version of Vim? Especially patch 7.1.145 matters.
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