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#+TITLE: Auto-Completion configuration layer for Spacemacs
* Table of Contents :TOC@4:
- [[#description][Description]]
- [[#install][Install]]
- [[#configuration][Configuration]]
- [[#key-bindings][Key bindings]]
- [[#tooltips][Tooltips]]
- [[#sort-results-by-usage][Sort results by usage]]
- [[#show-snippets-in-auto-completion-popup][Show snippets in auto-completion popup]]
- [[#enable-company-or-auto-complete-globally][Enable company or auto-complete globally]]
- [[#replacing-company-by-auto-complete][Replacing company by auto-complete]]
- [[#add-auto-completion-in-a-layer][Add auto-completion in a layer]]
- [[#in-configel][In =config.el=]]
- [[#in-packagesel][In =packages.el=]]
- [[#key-bindings][Key Bindings]]
- [[#company][Company]]
- [[#auto-complete][Auto-complete]]
- [[#yasnippet][Yasnippet]]
- [[#auto-yasnippet][Auto-yasnippet]]
* Description
This layer provides auto-completion to Spacemacs.
The following completion engines are supported:
- [[http://company-mode.github.io/][company]]
- [[http://auto-complete.org/][auto-complete]]
Snippets are supported via [[https://github.com/capitaomorte/yasnippet][yasnippet]] and [[https://github.com/abo-abo/auto-yasnippet][auto-yasnippet]].
This layer also configures =hippie-expand=.
* Install
To use this configuration layer add it to your =~/.spacemacs=
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(auto-completion))
#+END_SRC
* Configuration
** Key bindings
You can customize the user experience of auto-completion with the following
layer variables:
1. =auto-completion-return-key-behavior= set the action to perform when the
~RET~ key is pressed, the possible values are:
- =complete= completes with the current selection
- =nil= does nothing
2. =auto-completion-tab-key-behavior= set the action to perform when the ~TAB~
key is pressed, the possible values are:
- =complete= completes with the current selection
- =cycle= completes the common prefix and cycle between candidates
- =nil= does nothing
3. =auto-completion-complete-with-key-sequence= is a string of two characters
denoting a key sequence that will perform a =complete= action if the sequence
as been entered quickly enough. If its value is =nil= then the feature is
disabled.
The default configuration of the layer is:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers '(
(auto-completion :variables
auto-completion-return-key-behavior 'complete
auto-completion-tab-key-behavior 'cycle
auto-completion-complete-with-key-sequence nil)
))
#+END_SRC
~jk~ is a good candidate for =auto-completion-complete-with-key-sequence= if
you don't use it already.
** Tooltips
To enable docstring tooltips set =auto-completion-enable-help-tooltip= to =t=
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
'(auto-completion :variables
auto-completion-enable-help-tooltip t))
#+END_SRC
** Sort results by usage
To enable sorting auto-completion results by their usage frequency set
=auto-completion-enable-sort-by-usage= to =t=.
This feature is provided by the [[https://github.com/company-mode/company-statistics][company-statistics]] package when =company=
is used.
The variable has no effect when =auto-complete= is used.
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
'(auto-completion :variables
auto-completion-enable-sort-by-usage t))
#+END_SRC
** Show snippets in auto-completion popup
By default, snippets are not shown in the auto-completion popup. To show them in
the popup, set the variable =auto-completion-show-snippets-in-popup= to =t=.
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
'((auto-completion :variables
auto-completion-show-snippets-in-popup t))
#+END_SRC
** Enable company or auto-complete globally
By default Spacemacs enables auto-completion explicitly for each supported
major-mode, it means that =company= and =auto-complete= are not enabled
globally, it allows more flexibility to choose an auto-completion engine
for a given mode.
You may want to enable company globally to get auto-completion
everywhere even in the modes which are not configured by Spacemacs. To do
so, you just have to add =(global-company-mode)= in the
=dotspacemacs/config= function of your dotfile.
Note that if you want to enable =auto-complete= globally you will have to
disable =company= first, see the next section to do so.
** Replacing company by auto-complete
You can disable =company= by adding it to the =dotspacemacs-excluded-packages=
variable, then you are free to enable =auto-complete= globally.
** Add auto-completion in a layer
Here is an example to add =company= auto-completion to python buffer:
*** In =config.el=
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
;; Define the buffer local company backend variable
(spacemacs|defvar-company-backends python-mode)
#+END_SRC
*** In =packages.el=
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
;; Add the relevant packages to the layer
(setq python-packages
'(...
company
company-anaconda
...))
;; Configure the packages
(when (configuration-layer/layer-usedp 'auto-completion)
;; Hook company to python-mode
(defun python/post-init-company ()
(spacemacs|add-company-hook python-mode))
;; Add the backend to the major-mode specific backend list
(defun python/init-company-anaconda ()
(use-package company-anaconda
:if (configuration-layer/package-usedp 'company)
:defer t
:init (push 'company-anaconda company-backends-python-mode))))
#+END_SRC
* Key Bindings
** Company
| Key Binding | Description |
|-------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ~C-j~ | go down in company dropdown menu |
| ~C-k~ | go up in company dropdown menu |
| ~C-/~ | search in company dropdown |
| ~C-M-/~ | filter the company dropdown menu |
| ~C-d~ | open minibuffer with documentation of thing at point in company dropdown |
** Auto-complete
| Key Binding | Description |
|-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ~C-j~ | select next candidate |
| ~C-k~ | select previous candidate |
| ~TAB~ | expand selection or select next candidate |
| ~S-TAB~ | select previous candidate |
| ~return~ | complete word, if word is already completed insert a carriage return |
** Yasnippet
| Key Binding | Description |
|-------------+----------------------------------------------------------------|
| ~M-/~ | Expand a snippet if text before point is a prefix of a snippet |
| ~SPC i s~ | List all current yasnippets for inserting |
** Auto-yasnippet
| Key Binding | Description |
|-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ~SPC i S c~ | create a snippet from an active region |
| ~SPC i S e~ | Expand the snippet just created with ~SPC i y~ |
| ~SPC i S w~ | Write the snippet inside =private/snippets= directory for future sessions |