created by

Ingo Karkat

script type

utility

description

DESCRIPTION The built-in insert mode completion i_CTRL-N searches for words that start with the keyword in front of the cursor. Any text after the cursor is ignored. So when you want to replace "MyFunnyVariable" with "MySpecialVariable", you have to delete everything after "My", then start completion, which now also offers "MySpecialFunction", "MySpecialWhatever", in which you're not interested in. If you only removed the "Funny" part, the list of (inapplicable) completions would be the same, and you would finally end up with "MySpecialVariableVariable", requiring additional edits. This plugin offers a custom completion mapping that considers the text after the cursor; if there is no keyword immediately after the cursor, it behaves like the built-in completion. It even works when there is only text after, but not before the cursor, so completion on "|Variable" yields "MySpecialVariable", "MyFunnyVariable", etc. The base for completion is derived from the string of keyword characters before and after the cursor, so set your 'iskeyword' option accordingly. SOURCE Original idea by Laszlo Kozma in his paper "Reverse autocomplete"     http://www.lkozma.net/autocomplete.html SEE ALSO - Check out the CompleteHelper.vim plugin page (vimscript #3914) for a full   list of insert mode completions powered by it. USAGE In insert mode, invoke the bidirectional completion via CTRL-X CTRL-B. You can then search forward and backward via CTRL-N / CTRL-P, as usual. CTRL-X CTRL-B           Find matches for words that start with the (optional)                         keyword in front of the cursor and end with the                         (mandatory) keyword (or non-keyword non-whitespace,                         either optionally separated by whitespace) after the                         cursor. EXAMPLE (the "|" denotes the cursor) The B|Complete     will complete to "BidiComplete" The |Complete     will offer all words ending with "Complete" The d|.     will complete to "dog" if that word ends somewhere with a period (the     completion base after the cursor is mandatory, and non-keyword characters     are taken, too) My | lady     will complete to "fair" from "fair lady". There's no leading base, as     whitespace before the cursor is ignored, but for the mandatory trailing     base, " lady" is taken.

install details

INSTALLATION This script is packaged as a vimball. If you have the "gunzip" decompressor in your PATH, simply edit the *.vmb.gz package in Vim; otherwise, decompress the archive first, e.g. using WinZip. Inside Vim, install by sourcing the vimball or via the :UseVimball command.     vim BidiComplete*.vmb.gz     :so % To uninstall, use the :RmVimball command. DEPENDENCIES - Requires Vim 7.0 or higher. - Requires the CompleteHelper.vim plugin (vimscript #3914). - Requires the ingo-library.vim plugin (vimscript #4433), version 1.010 or   higher. CONFIGURATION For a permanent configuration, put the following commands into your vimrc: Analoguous to the 'complete' option, you can specify which buffers will be scanned for completion candidates. Currently, '.' (current buffer), 'w' (buffers from other windows), and 'b' (other listed buffers) are supported.     let g:BidiComplete_complete = '.,w,b' The global setting can be overridden for a particular buffer (b:BidiComplete_complete). If you want to use a different mapping, map your keys to the <Plug>(BidiComplete) mapping target _before_ sourcing the script (e.g. in your vimrc):     imap <C-x><C-b> <Plug>(BidiComplete)

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
BidiComplete-1.01.vmb.gz	1.01	2013-07-15	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Tweak base algorithm: Enforce base after cursor (without it, the completion would be just like the default one), also take non-keyword non-whitespace characters there, optionally separated by whitespace. This makes the completion useful in more places.
BidiComplete-1.00.vmb.gz	1.00	2013-07-14	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Initial upload

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