created by

Ingo Karkat

script type

utility

description

DESCRIPTION Frequently, text inside parentheses, be it a warning "(don't do this)" or function arguments "(foo, bar, 42)" is repeated. This also applies to other bracket delimiters, e.g. HTML tags "<img src='banner.jpg' alt=''>" or arrays "[1, 2, 3]". This plugin provides a completion mapping that, when you realize you're typing the same contents of a bracket-delimited text again, completes the entire text inside the brackets from other matches in the buffer. The completion base always contains the entire text between the cursor and the previous opening bracket, so it doesn't matter how far you've already been into retyping this. SEE ALSO - Check out the CompleteHelper.vim plugin page (vimscript #3914) for a full   list of insert mode completions powered by it. USAGE In insert mode, invoke the completion via CTRL-X %. You can then search forward and backward via CTRL-N / CTRL-P, as usual. CTRL-X %                Find matches for the text before the cursor, up to the                         previous bracket ( [ { < on the current line, and                         offer matches of the entire text inside the brackets,                         like the i( i[ i{ i< text objects.                         This also works for tag-blocks with the it text                         object; "<b>f|" will complete to "<b>foo bar</b>".

install details

INSTALLATION This script is packaged as a vimball. If you have the "gunzip" decompressor in your PATH, simply edit the *.vmb.gz package in Vim; otherwise, decompress the archive first, e.g. using WinZip. Inside Vim, install by sourcing the vimball or via the :UseVimball command.     vim BracketComplete*.vmb.gz     :so % To uninstall, use the :RmVimball command. DEPENDENCIES - Requires Vim 7.0 or higher. - Requires the MotionComplete.vim plugin (vimscript #4265). CONFIGURATION The general MotionComplete-configuration applies here, too. For a permanent configuration, put the following commands into your vimrc: The recognized bracket types are defined via a Dictionary. Its keys are the opening brackets, which are mapped to an object that must have an "opposite" attribute that specifies the closing bracket. If there's a text object, it can be specified via the "textobject" attribute (without the preceding "a" / "i"); otherwise, a search to the closing bracket is used to retrieve the text. To add an imaginary bracketing from : to ;, use:     runtime plugin/BracketComplete.vim  " Define the default brackets first.     let g:BracketComplete_BracketConfig[':'] = {'opposite': ';'} If you want to use different mapping, map your keys to the <Plug>(BracketComplete...) mapping target _before_ sourcing the script (e.g. in your vimrc):     imap <C-x>% <Plug>(BracketComplete)

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
BracketComplete-1.01.vmb.gz	1.01	2013-01-19	7.0	Ingo Karkat	CHG: Change default mapping to the more intuitive i_CTRL-X_%.
BracketComplete-1.00.vmb.gz	1.00	2012-10-12	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Initial upload

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