Re: mapping dot to trigger omni completion

2015-04-01 6:14 GMT+03:00 Ivan <ivan.brennan@gmail.com>:
> Towards the end of `:help ins-completion` there's mention of mapping `.` to trigger omni completion when possible:
>
> inoremap <expr> . MayComplete()
> func MayComplete()
> if (can complete)
> return ".\<C-X>\<C-O>"
> endif
> return '.'
> endfunc
>
> I like this idea, but have no idea what might be used for the "can complete" if-condition. Any ideas out there?

Check that you are not in comment and not in a string literal.

I think this mapping should be filetype-specific buffer-local mapping
and not a global one: "can complete" conditions are very different in
different filetypes.

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