On Monday, March 4, 2013 4:41:10 AM UTC-6, Edd Barrett wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using vim for many years now and I finally got around to > trying omni-completion, first with Python. Before this I have just had a > www browser open on the Python API docs or used pydoc. I am aware of the > super-extended versions of the standard completer like jedi-vim, but I > find the default completer sufficiently lightweight and fast. > > I have a few gripes, that to a vim hacker may be trivial fixes(?): > > 1) If completion for C-x, C-o yields a single match, then no > documentation is shown. Why not? The docs are a nice touch and often I > know the name of the function, just not the parameters. >
:help 'completeopt', I think you just want to add "menuone". > 2) If you type a whole function name and press C-x, C-o then I get the > message: "-- Omni completion (^O^N^P) Pattern not found". Why not say > that there was a single match and show the docs? > > 3) After pressing C-x, C-o and continuing typing, the list of > suggestions disappears. Why not keep it there until a match is typed or > until there are no longer matches? > I don't see either of these when using the omnicomplete function supplied by eclim. I'm not sure whether it is a problem with python omni complete, or whether it is because of my 'completeopt' settings. Try adding "longest" to your completion options to see if it helps; I have that in mine. I have not investigated without 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
