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POWord / Code Completion in VIM
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copied!<p>I know that I can get word completion through <code>CTRL+N</code> & <code>CTRL+P</code> and code completion through omnifunc with <code>CTRL+X</code> <code>CTRL+O</code>. I additionally tried <a href="http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1643" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Supertab</strong></a> (very nice), because I'm used to TAB-completion. That all worked all right. I would like to see possible matches while I'm typing, so I also tried <a href="http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1879" rel="noreferrer">autocomplpop.vim</a>, witch does just that.</p> <p>What I like to accomplish though, would be a combination of both together with a little twist: I would like to see suggestions pop up as I type (just like with <code>autocompop</code>) but when I use <code>TAB</code> <em>the word should be expanded <strong>only</strong> to the largest common match</em>:</p> <pre><code>foo bar testor booze test baz teter te<TAB> </code></pre> <p>After I type <code>te</code> in the 2nd line, the popup should suggest <code>test</code>, <code>teter</code> and <code>testor</code>.</p> <p>When I press <code>TAB</code>, it should do nothing, because there is no more common ground than <code>te</code>. After I typed an additional <code>s</code> and press <code>TAB</code>, it should expand <code>tes</code> to <code>test</code> (because it is the smallest common ground) and to <code>testor</code> after a 2nd <code>TAB</code>.</p> <p><strong>Edit</strong>: I try to be more clear...</p> <ul> <li><strong><code>te<TAB></code></strong> <ul> <li>should do nothing because "we" don't know if a 't' (te<em>t</em>er) or an 's' (te<em>s</em>t, te<em>s</em>tor) should follow. </li> </ul></li> <li><strong><code>tes<TAB></code></strong> <ul> <li>should expand to <code>test</code> (because that works for both - test and testor - and teter is no longer a possible match). </li> </ul></li> <li><strong><code>test<TAB></code></strong> <ul> <li>should expand to <code>testor</code> (only possible match).</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Well, the suggestions popup is just bonus, but I really would love to see the <code>TAB</code> behavior. Hope I don't get to esoteric here and you can help me out with some script-tricks or plugins to tame VIM to do just that.</p>

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