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Elpy provides company-mode to handle autocompletion. The way it is set up, company only turns on when I am in something handled by Elpy.

If I enable auto-complete it works in non-python files, but then both company and auto-complete pop up, which is not desired behavior.

How can I enable company to still work within Elpy, but turn on auto-complete to be on elsewhere, and not clobber company?

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  • Why would you want to use both?
    – PythonNut
    Commented Apr 15, 2015 at 20:44
  • @PythonNut Quite possibly because I don't entirely understand what I am doing. Lets say I do want to use company mode for everything. Do I just need to call global-company-mode after calling elpy-enable in my init.el? I know that elpy uses company mode, but is it only in scope when I'm in a python file, or will calling elpy-enable basically put it in place globally?
    – laydros
    Commented Apr 17, 2015 at 13:11

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You should be able to just enable company-mode globally without any problems with Elpy (if there are any, please do file a bug report!).

You can also use auto-complete in buffers other than Python mode buffers (auto-complete supports different backends from company-mode, so might be preferable for some), by removing python-mode from ac-modes. This will then not enable auto-complete in Python buffers.

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