Re: Present output of external script in dropdown

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.

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