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#+TITLE: YCMD layer

* Table of Contents                                         :TOC_4_gh: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 configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
add =ycmd= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this
file.

** 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.