SpaceVim/docs/layers/autocomplete.md

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SpaceVim autocomplete layer

SpaceVim Layers: autocomplete

• Description
• Install
• Configuration
  • Key bindings

Description

This layer provides auto-completion to SpaceVim.

The following completion engines are supported:

• neocomplete - vim with +lua
• neocomplcache - vim without +lua
• deoplete - neovim with +python3
• YouCompleteMe - disabled by default, to enable ycm, see :h g:spacevim_enable_ycm

Snippets are supported via neosnippet.

Install

To use this configuration layer, add it to your custom configuration file.

call SpaceVim#layers#load('autocomplete')

Configuration

Key bindings

You can customize the user experience of auto-completion with the following layer variables:

1. auto-completion-return-key-behavior set the action to perform when the RET key is pressed, the possible values are:

• complete completes with the current selection
• nil does nothing

2. auto-completion-tab-key-behavior set the action to perform when the TAB key is pressed, the possible values are:

• smart cycle candidates, expand snippets, jump parameters
• complete completes with the current selection
• cycle completes the common prefix and cycle between candidates
• nil does nothing

3. auto-completion-complete-with-key-sequence is a string of two characters denoting a key sequence that will perform a complete action if the sequence as been entered quickly enough. If its value is nil then the feature is disabled.
4. auto-completion-complete-with-key-sequence-delay is the number of seconds to wait for the auto-completion key sequence to be entered. The default value is 0.1 seconds.

The default configuration of the layer is: