On Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:42:59 AM UTC-5, Jostein Gogstad wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Vim as my default text editor for writing e-mail. I have an external > perl script that does LDAP-lookup and outputs a list of names matching the > search query. Is it possible to present this list in Vim? Preferably in a > dropdown like the one you get on keyword completion (default Ctrl+N). > > Ideal scenario: > 1. Start writing Paul > 2. Hit ^T (or something) > 3. Vim executes perl script with the word under the cursor and displays the > result in a keywordcompletion-style dropdown. >
:help 'completefunc' :help 'omnifunc' :help complete-functions and related links. After you have it set up, you'll press CTRL-X followed by CTRL-O or CTRL-U to use it. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
