Re: A couple of possible improvements to python omnicomplete.

On Monday, March 4, 2013 4:41:10 AM UTC-6, Edd Barrett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been using vim for many years now and I finally got around to
> trying omni-completion, first with Python. Before this I have just had a
> www browser open on the Python API docs or used pydoc. I am aware of the
> super-extended versions of the standard completer like jedi-vim, but I
> find the default completer sufficiently lightweight and fast.
>
> I have a few gripes, that to a vim hacker may be trivial fixes(?):
>
> 1) If completion for C-x, C-o yields a single match, then no
> documentation is shown. Why not? The docs are a nice touch and often I
> know the name of the function, just not the parameters.
>

:help 'completeopt', I think you just want to add "menuone".

> 2) If you type a whole function name and press C-x, C-o then I get the
> message: "-- Omni completion (^O^N^P) Pattern not found". Why not say
> that there was a single match and show the docs?
>
> 3) After pressing C-x, C-o and continuing typing, the list of
> suggestions disappears. Why not keep it there until a match is typed or
> until there are no longer matches?
>

I don't see either of these when using the omnicomplete function supplied
by eclim. I'm not sure whether it is a problem with python omni complete,
or whether it is because of my 'completeopt' settings. Try adding
"longest" to your completion options to see if it helps; I have that in
mine. I have not investigated without it.

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