Re: Automatic completion from word list

On 07.03.14 16:30, Andre Majorel wrote:
> I would like to be able to type the first letter and some others
> of a word and have Vim automatically pull the matching word from
> my word list.
...

Some or most of your needs may be met by inherent Vim capability.
Have a look at: :h ins-completion

After glancing at that, I'm able to autocomplete "automatically" by
typing au<CTRL-X><CTRL-N> in this reply. OK, since that uses the current
file as dictionary, it also offered "autocomplete" as a second option.
If I had wanted that, then <CTRL-N> or <CTRL-P> provide rotation through
the offered alternatives.

But you asked for dictionary-driven autocompletion. That is described in
subsection 3. A look at: :h dictionary
as well, should sort that out for you.

By far the easiest way to sort a rated list, such as:

autocomplete 2
automatically 42
automaton 142
calipers 7

would be to pipe the file through "sort -nr". Doing it with just that
paragraph, within Vim, using "!}sort -nr" gave:

calipers 7
automaton 142
automatically 42
autocomplete 2

Yes, that should reduce the number of <CTRL-N>s needed to reach the most
common alternatives with common leading spelling. (Only one for "au",
with that dictionary.)

Erik

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