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diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_24.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_24.txt index 385bc7e468..8521d5963f 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/usr_24.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/usr_24.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*usr_24.txt* For Vim version 7.0c. Last change: 2005 Apr 01 +*usr_24.txt* For Vim version 7.0c. Last change: 2006 Apr 02 VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar @@ -232,6 +232,32 @@ and go one directory level deeper, use CTRL-X CTRL-F again: The results depend on what is found in your file system, of course. The matches are sorted alphabetically. + +COMPLETING IN SOURCE CODE + +Source code files are well structured. That makes it possible to do +completion in an intelligent way. In Vim this is called Omni completion. In +some other editors it's called intellisense, but that is a trademark. + +The key to Omni completion is CTRL-X CTRL-O. Obviously the O stands for Omni +here, so that you can remember it easier. Let's use an example for editing C +source: + + { ~ + struct foo *p; ~ + p-> ~ + +The cursor is after "p->". Now type CTRL-X CTRL-O. Vim will offer you a list +of alternatives, which are the items that "struct foo" contains. That is +quite different from using CTRL-P, which would complete any word, while only +members of "struct foo" are valid here. + +For Omni completion to work you may need to do some setup. For C code you +need to create a tags file and set the 'tags' option. That is explained +|ft-c-omni|. For other filetypes you may need to do something similar, look +below |compl-omni-filetypes|. It only works for specific filetypes. Check +the value of the 'omnifunc' option to find out if it would work. + ============================================================================== *24.4* Repeating an insert |