supertab

Perform all your vim insert mode completions with Tab

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Perform all your vim insert mode completions with Tab

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2011	2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2012	2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	3
2013	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2014	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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yasith·Jul 15, 2014

For C++, I highly recommend getting YouCompleteMe [https://github.com/Valloric/YouCompleteMe] combined with SuperTab[https://github.com/ervandew/supertab]. This will make the transition from IDEs to be easier.

In Ask HN: A better Vim distribution?

tux1968·Sep 3, 2012

Have to agree with the author about his picks. Excluding a couple programming-language specific plugins the only other ones that i'd include on a longer list would be: EasyGrep - A nice quick way to search for arbitrary text when ctags/cscope doesn't have the answer. https://github.com/vim-scripts/EasyGrep QuickFixSigns - Show marks associated with each line in a buffer. Also shows lines that have been changed from what has been committed to Git. https://github.com/vim-scripts/quickfixsigns Would be interested to know what others have to say about SuperTab since i'm thinking of giving it a try. https://github.com/ervandew/supertab

In Plugins you should put in your vimrc

riannucci·Jul 12, 2012

Also, SuperTab is all of the win: https://github.com/ervandew/supertab/ It'll let you use <Tab> for all the completion types, and you can tell it the fallback order for various thing (i.e. try omni, then <C-N>, etc.). It's even slightly context aware, so it can guess a good first completion method for you. All with <Tab> :)

In Vim, you complete me

Rayne·Feb 2, 2012

https://github.com/ervandew/supertab seems nice for completing based on the current context. I seem to recall VimClojure having some kind of completion, but don't hold me to that. Also, like I said in the blog post, there is nothing wrong with your setup if you are productive and happy with it.

In I Code With Things and Stuff

eridius·Aug 22, 2011

Nice list. The "Github repository" link for CloseTag points to Command-T. Also the SuperTab repo you linked is a mirror of an obsolete vimscript. It has a new maintainer and that maintainer's repo is at https://github.com/ervandew/supertab.

In List of vim plugins I use - with mini tutorials