-*insert.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2006 Mar 10
+*insert.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2006 Mar 11
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
menu extra text for the popup menu
info more information about the item
kind single letter indicating the type of completion
- icase when not zero case is to be ignored; when omitted
+ icase when non-zero case is to be ignored; when omitted
the 'ignorecase' option is used
All of these except 'icase' must be a string. If an item does not meet these
not used. You can mix string and Dictionary items in the returned list.
The "menu" item is used in the popup menu and may be truncated, thus it should
-be relatively short. The "info" item can be longer, it may be displayed in a
-balloon.
+be relatively short. The "info" item can be longer, it will be displayed in
+the preview window when "preview" appears in 'completeopt'. The "info" item
+will also remain displayed after the popup menu has been removed. This is
+useful for function arguments.
The "kind" item uses a single letter to indicate the kind of completion. This
may be used to show the completion differently (different color or icon).
Currently these types can be used:
v variable
f function or method
- c composite (struct, object)
+ m member of a struct or class
+ t typedef
+ d #define or macro
When searching for matches takes some time call |complete_add()| to add each
match to the total list. These matches should then not appear in the returned
Script completes:
- after $ variables name
+ - if variable was declared as object add "->", if tags file is available show
+ name of class
+
- function names with additonal info:
-- in case of built-in functions list of possible arguments and after | type
- data returned by function
-- in case of user function arguments and name of file were function was
- defined (if it is not current file)
+ - in case of built-in functions list of possible arguments and after | type
+ data returned by function
+ - in case of user function arguments and name of file were function was
+ defined (if it is not current file)
+
+- constants names
+- class names after "new" declaration
+
Note: when doing completion first time Vim will load all necessary data into
memory. It may take several seconds. After next use of completion delay
-shouldn't be noticeable.
+should not be noticeable.
Script detects if cursor is inside <?php ?> tags. If it is outside it will
automatically switch to HTML/CSS/JavaScript completion. Note: contrary to