word autocomplete - Use abbreviations for frequently-used words

word autocomplete - Use abbreviations for frequently-used words

Similarly, in insert mode you can hit Ctrl+P or Ctrl+N to autocomplete. Ctrl+P searches upward in your text for what your trying to complete to, Ctrl+N searches forward in your text. After exhausting the current buffer, both of these commands will begin searching other open buffers. I'm not sure, but I believe that there is also a search path you can specify in the .vimrc if you wish.


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Use a dictionary file:

set complete+=k
set dictionary+=/your/dict/file
Ctrl+N, Ctr+P will now search for completions from that dict file.


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You can put your common typos as abbreviations, for auto correction:

iab teh the
iab seperate separate

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> How cut the space from the resulted substitution?

From :help abbreviations: An exception to this is the character <C-]>, which is used to expand an abbreviation without inserting any extra characters.

Example:

:ab hh hello
"hh<Space>" is expanded to "hello<Space>"
"hh<C-]>" is expanded to "hello"

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Use getchar() to eat up that space, for example:

iab <t <target name="%"></target><Esc>F%s<c-o>:call getchar()<CR>

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Regarding how to eat the last typed character (when it is a space): Use :Iabbr and :Inoreabbr from script#50.


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See the SuperTab plugin. It does almost all of this without the need for programming.


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To eat the last space, for example, with:

iab did <div id="
In insert mode, type did then press Ctrl-]

Result: The abbreviation is expanded with no extra characters, and you are still in insert mode and can continue typing.