spacemacs/layers/+tools/ycmd/README.org

#+TITLE: YCMD contribution layer for Spacemacs

* Table of Contents                                         :TOC_4_org:noexport:
 - [[Description][Description]]
 - [[Install][Install]]
   - [[Layer][Layer]]
   - [[YCMD][YCMD]]
   - [[Other Requirements][Other Requirements]]
 - [[Configuration][Configuration]]
 - [[Key Bindings][Key Bindings]]

* Description

This layer adds [[https://github.com/abingham/emacs-ycmd][emacs-ycmd]] support.

* Install

** Layer

To use this contribution add it to your =~/.spacemacs=
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(ycmd))
#+END_SRC

** YCMD

In order to use this layer you must have a local [[https://github.com/Valloric/ycmd#building][ycmd]] installation and must
set the =ycmd-server-command= variable to reflect the path to that installation.
See the [[https://github.com/abingham/emacs-ycmd][emacs-ycmd]] readme for more instructions on this.

** Other Requirements

This package requires the =auto-completion= layer in order to get actual
completion. The =syntax-checking= layer is required for flycheck support.

* Configuration

By default this layer only activates ycmd for =c++-mode=.

If you want ycmd suppoert in other modes you might just want to add it for
specific languages like:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook 'ycmd-mode)
#+END_SRC

* Key Bindings

Adds ~SPC m g g~ go to definition binding to =c++-mode= as well as ~SPC m g G~
for the more imprecise but faster version.