Auto Completion Using YouCompleteMe in Vim

Posted on Sep 22, 2015 in Software

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  1. You might need the package python-dev (in Debian Series) or python-devel (in Arch Linux) in order to compile the Vim addon YouCompleteMe.

  2. you should use install.py instead of install.sh. The later one is deprecated.

  3. Run the following command to compile YouCompleteMe with clang support. bash ./install.py --clang-completer This has been integrated into the script linfig.vim

  4. YouCompeleteMe configuration file, this is done via the command linfig.vim currently

  5. YCM can be installed on Cygwin as well if you do not have clang installed on cygwin then compile with the following command language ./install.py

  6. functions opened in all buffers are accessible by YCM, so they can be autocompleted

  7. requires cmake to compile, added to linstall.vim