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Show HN: VimCompletesMe, my first Vim plugin for Tab Completion (github.com)

6 points by Watabou ↗ HN
I made this because I was using SuperTab and noticed that it uses a lot more code when I wanted something really simple: for Vim to intelligently choose what to autocomplete for me. Maybe it has more features but to me, it tried to do too much in a single plugin.

So my goal here was to made a dead-simple, minimalistic Tab completion plugin. It does this with less than 60 lines of source code, compared to around 800 for Supertab. I hope you like it as much as I do.

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[dead] Watabou
I made this because I was using SuperTab.vim and noticed that it uses a lot more code when I wanted something really simple: for Vim to intelligently choose what to autocomplete for me. Maybe it has more features but to me, it tried to do too much in a single plugin, and I rarely ever use any of the extra features.

So my goal here was to made a dead-simple, minimalistic Tab completion plugin. It does this with less than 60 lines of source code, compared to around 800 for Supertab.

I hope you like it as much as I do.

SEJeff
Check out YouConpleteMe as well. It is insanely fast with large code bases
Watabou
YouCompleteMe is a bigger install than vim is. It causes pain for a lot of people. I've gotten segfaults just because of an upgraded python, I've heard way too many people on #vim report about issues with YCM, the installation is a pain, and it's way too huge for my liking.

I like simple plugins that do one thing and one thing well. And you can see why I decided to make this plugin :)

SEJeff
I was just trying to be helpful, no need to be rude about it.
Watabou
Not trying to be rude, I'm sorry if that's how I came off.

I'm just trying to make people realize that there are better alternatives to YCM. I quite like neocomplete, which does the same thing as YCM, but is much, much, much smaller and lighter.