Questions tagged [auto-complete-mode]
Auto-Complete, also known as auto-complete.el or Auto-Complete Mode, is an Emacs extension that provides context-sensitive completion suggestions
135
questions
0
votes
0
answers
15
views
Autocompletion of variables in R when using tidyr pipes
I've started to use emacs (spacemacs, specificallYy) recently instead of a number of different applications.
One of those I'm using emacs for is R development, instead of Rstudio. I'm using ess.
Is ...
- 101
0
votes
0
answers
13
views
In spacemacs how can I tell auto-complete-mode to use a certain file for sources without preventing the use of other sources
I'm using auto-complete-mode in most modes within spacemacs.
I'd like to provide completion candidates for common strings by keeping them in a file.
I'd like the candidate selection to be mode-...
- 101
1
vote
1
answer
172
views
How to disable the buffer with completion options after hiting `tab` in Slime's REPL?
I have been using company for tab completion. It has been great while editing files.
Unfortunately, when I am using a buffer with the SLIME's REPL something annoying happens. As I start typing some ...
- 1,189
1
vote
0
answers
49
views
Why is auto-complete using capitalized words? Is there a way to change the default of suggestions while in Slime's Buffer?
Recently, I have started using this emacs package: auto-complete. It works and I am enjoying it. I mainly use emacs to work in Common Lisp (SBCL) with Slime.
Unfortunately, the first suggestion that ...
- 1,189
0
votes
0
answers
30
views
Autocompletion broken after loading certain module
I'm using Emacs (GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30)
of 2019-05-11) on CentOS 8 and want to use autocompletion when coding with python.
Emacs.............: 26.1
...
- 125
1
vote
1
answer
1k
views
Doom Emacs Slowing Down because of Autocomplete
Whenever I start typing a word, Emacs tries to autocomplete it, and it slows down the app a lot.
I know the problem is the autocomplete because Emacs works fine normally.
Is there a way to remove the ...
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
124
views
Address autocompletion doesn't work after compiling `elc` files for `mu4e`
After compiling elc files for mu4e in /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/mu4e (Ubuntu 20.04) with
sudo emacs -Q -batch -L . -f batch-native-compile *.el
I get this error when writing an address of the ...
- 69
0
votes
0
answers
258
views
My emacs company mode won't work with python. I use doom emacs. I have company mode and ivy in my init.el. I have flycheck enabled in python
:completion
company ; the ultimate code completion backend
;;helm ; the *other* search engine for love and life
;;ido ; the other *other* ...
0
votes
1
answer
510
views
Turn off auto-completion/company while in org-journal
Trying to get org-journal working, but it wants to auto-complete nearly every word I type, then require two space bar hits to advance to type next word.
I tried this and it works
(add-hook 'org-mode-...
- 2,807
0
votes
1
answer
238
views
Emacs company-css, where is the completion of css values?
Company-mode completion seems a little weak in emacs. Is it my configuration?
Property completion seems simple enough:
strong {
color: red; /* <= color is the property */
}
Where red is the ...
1
vote
0
answers
60
views
Custom keyword list for auto completion M-/?
I make use of M-/ for auto-completion. Is it possible to supply a custom list of frequently used keywords (e.g. for a niche programming language) to be loaded at Emacs startup?
I could save the ...
- 153
0
votes
1
answer
52
views
Why doesn't autocomplete work on MS Windows?
my init.el file content:
(require 'package) ;; You might already have this line
(add-to-list 'package-archives
'("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/"))
(when (< emacs-major-version ...
0
votes
0
answers
27
views
auto complete isn't loaded || elpa OSX
emacs version 26.3 OSX 10.14.1
Following is my .init file. It is present at ~/.emacs.d
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
'("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)
(...
- 101
0
votes
0
answers
168
views
How to pop up auto-correction box with keybinding using company-mode
I am using company-mode for auto-completion.
While I am typing a box with suggested words show up, later when I do a space and delete the space same box does not show up.
=> Then I do space and ...
- 1,114
2
votes
1
answer
571
views
Using ctrl-n and ctrl-p inside the box for suggessted words to auto-complete
By default to move up (ctrl-p) and to move down (ctrl-n) key bindings are used.
When I am using auto-complete mode, a box with suggested words is pop up. On there when I press ctrl-p or ctrl-n ...
- 1,114
1
vote
0
answers
180
views
Matlab-shell autocompletion error
For some reason emacs matlab-shell is returning an error when running autocompletion. The debugging output for a completion of "load Da[TAB]" is shown below. The closest thread that I've ...
- 620
1
vote
1
answer
114
views
File tags prevent autocomplete of global tags
I amended .emacs as shown below. Then M-x load-file ~/.emacs. What I want to do in test.org is add MEntal tags to each of the two entries, for example Read and Reminder, respectively. Using the column ...
- 697
0
votes
1
answer
175
views
DO NOT complete file-name with company
I do not want emacs company mode to complete the file names in my org-mode buffer, as it wrongly replaces many words eg But becomes Butale (file-name, surname of person) and the becomes (themaskar, ...
- 563
0
votes
0
answers
140
views
Use autocomplete variables from first column of a CSV file
I have used conventional auto complete feature in emacs and I think I understand how it works.
I have a new requirement, where the variables to be used in a particular program (not conventional ...
- 1,390
0
votes
0
answers
137
views
Error running timer ‘ac-update-greedy’: (void-variable org-link-types)
I very recently updated to Emacs 26.3 and Org 9.2.6, and am getting the above-mentioned error whenever I type "[[" in an org-mode buffer to type a hyperlink. Unsurprisingly, no error after turning off ...
- 25
1
vote
1
answer
692
views
Elpy Auto Complete is not working at all
I am trying to configure my emacs for python programming. Elpy auto-complete suggestion is not working at all in all instances. Any suggestions?
Here is my elpy-config...
Elpy Configuration
Emacs......
0
votes
0
answers
662
views
How to set up Emacs Tide to use auto-complete for completion instead of company-mode?
I installed Tide in Emacs, and found it is pretty useful for writing JavaScript code.
But one thing is that Tide has built-in support for company-mode to do completions. Since I am an auto-complete ...
- 101
0
votes
0
answers
169
views
Autocomplete signatures from new C Headers
I use Emacs(work environment is Linux. and at home i use Windows 7) for most of my Python coding and documentation. I'm mostly working for visual effects pipeline products. Off late I'm learning bits ...
- 41
1
vote
1
answer
846
views
ES6 imports auto suggestion
I'm new to emacs and trying to setup emacs for ES6/React developement. I would like to have auto suggestions for es6 imports like lodash similar to vscode (as shown in screenshot). Is there a way to ...
- 111
1
vote
1
answer
603
views
Get autocomplete to display candidates only when tab is pressed
I've set up auto-complete on emacs to display completion candidates, and it seems to be working well so far. I'm finding the constant display (and changes in display) distracting when I type, and I ...
- 476
2
votes
0
answers
175
views
Elpy auto-complete gives incomplete suggestions
I am trying to use Elpy for Emacs to write Python programs. The
auto-complete feature suggests all attributes of PyQt5 classes, but
suggests only a subset of the attributes of instances of these
...
- 21
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
How to auto-complete links to headlines in org-mode?
Given an example.org file having two headlines, I would like to
auto-complete links to 1headlines.
However hitting M-\ on [[* suggests *bold* words but not headlines.
Any ideas what I'm 2missing?
* ...
- 671
3
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Autocomplete after dot in python
I haven't used emacs before, but would like to learn how to use it properly for Python development.
From the past IDEs I have used I enjoyed the feature to obtain information on possible objects ...
- 165
0
votes
0
answers
440
views
elpy autocomplete stops working unexpectedly
I've configure emacs to write python code and I love it!:). It works very well but after some situations that I cannot understand the autocomplete stops working on all buffers. If I restart emacs it ...
1
vote
1
answer
335
views
Auto-completion in Auctex automatically introduces dollar signs
My auto-completion all of a sudden changed its behavior, and I have no clue why. When I auto-complete a mathematical expression, like \subseteq, say, it will introduce dollar signs in front and at the ...
- 113
1
vote
0
answers
165
views
Jedi doesn't work properly with PyQt5
I have auto-complete and jedi installed and everything works just fine except autocompletion in PyQt5. When i try to subclass for example QWidget and in the __init__ method I type self and then press ...
- 111
1
vote
0
answers
43
views
Add keywords of a language to completion list when selected
I am using Emacs with auto-complete package. I know that Emacs can auto-detect the language. I would like it to automatically add keywords of the detected language to the completion list, in order to ...
- 67
1
vote
2
answers
2k
views
How to get auto-completion of Elisp function names?
I want to be able to get a drop-down list of partial matches to Elisp function names (installed or those already defined in the buffer) as shown in the
screen-shot below from the YouTube video: https:...
- 1,081
1
vote
3
answers
834
views
Ido mode - autocomplete in interactively mode
windows 10, emacs 26,1, ido mode
I use ido mode.
Suppose I start some command
M-x magit
Then TAB
The possible completions are many and fill the screen:
I need to continue typing and press TAB to ...
- 3,649
2
votes
1
answer
422
views
Autocompletion of relative, not absolute, file name
I am typing a Tex file with Emacs and I want to be able to include the relative path of an image file name from inside Emacs.
For example, my Tex file that is being opened in Emacs is located at ~/...
- 123
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Best pratice advices for abbrev vs. completion vs. snippets
I am not sure if this is really a proper question but I am interested in having some opinions about the most efficient usage of Emacs' abbreviations features (abbrev/dabbrev) in combination with auto-...
- 421
0
votes
1
answer
224
views
Error running timer using ac-slime
Using ac-slime I am getting the following errors:
Error running timer ‘ac-update-greedy’: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p \.\.\.) [3 times]
Error running timer ‘ac-show-menu’: (wrong-type-...
- 421
1
vote
1
answer
224
views
smart code generation macros
How could we create macros for smart code generation. For example in intellij, if i write a type that does not exist, intellij would be able to automatically generate an entire class of that type. I ...
- 135
2
votes
0
answers
922
views
In Spacemacs, how can I enable snippets without having an autocomplete popup/completion?
I'm using the auto-completion layer in Spacemacs with the following configuration:
(auto-completion :variables
auto-completion-return-key-behavior nil
auto-...
- 121
0
votes
1
answer
47
views
auto-complete-mode turns off when I start typing
I do not remember changing any thing in my auto-complete package settings beside hooking it with html-mode. The mode starts as expected, when I run some C or C++ code but after typing any thing the ...
- 241
1
vote
1
answer
619
views
LaTeX tags autocomplete in org-mode
Absolute beginner with Emacs and Emacs Lisp. I am using spacemacs and have been trying to get autocompletion of matching delimiters commonly used in LaTeX in Org-mode. My requirements are just ...
- 113
0
votes
0
answers
95
views
Turn off prelude intellisense
In emacs prelude ruby mode, how I tell emacs to not do intellisense dropdown suggestions?
It breaks my flow. Because I have to press an additional key to break out of that menu.
What I tried: google ...
- 3,661
2
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Autocompletion with tide or tern
Autocompletion doesn't work with tide or Tern, I have to M-x company-complete-common. I would like for it to keep suggesting with a dropdown menu as I type, but I can't manage to. It works just fine ...
2
votes
0
answers
836
views
Org mode - autocomplete tags
When I try to enter tags, autocomplete is tedious. I do C-c C-q enter first few characters, hit TAB then select. And repeat if I want to add more than one tags.
I can do the same by entering : in the ...
- 1,822
1
vote
1
answer
569
views
Install package `auto-latex-completion`
I am totally new to Emacs (I just began some days ago) and my purpose is to use it for Latex. I tried to install package auto-complete-auctex doing this :
1) I copy file auto-complete-auctex.el to ...
- 11
1
vote
0
answers
79
views
Exactly what are those auto-complete sources?
I've been looking for years for a documentation on those (in bold) auto-complete sources:
ac-source-words-in-buffer
ac-source-abbrev
ac-source-dictionary
ac-source-emacs-lisp-features
ac-source-...
- 883
1
vote
1
answer
963
views
solution for html "intellisense" style completion for emacs like Atom or Brackets have
I've started taking an html course and I'm trying to figure out how to add functionality to emacs that exists in programs like atom or brackets. I've seen a few modes web-mode.el and nxhtml mentioned ...
- 111
4
votes
1
answer
5k
views
spacemacs auto-complete layer: showing the difference between a snippet and a dictionary word
Say, I have been using Spacemacs for a while now, and was looking at Spacevim a bit. One nice feature of Spacevim is that it's autocompletion feature includes both the words for completion as well as ...
- 519
8
votes
4
answers
814
views
How to turn off autocompletion for numbers (and numbers only) in company-mode in spacemacs
When typing a number in spacemacs all kind of numbers are being suggested. I can autocomplete them with enter. I like this behaviour in the case I'm typing words (made up of letters). But I don't want ...
- 323
1
vote
1
answer
151
views
Modes have no effect unless I deactivate and activate again
I'm extremely new to emacs (started using it yesterday),
I use the latest version of emacs.
The problem is, The modes I have enabled such as auto-complete-mode and org-bullets-mode seem to be enabled ...
- 245