Re: Syntax Completion in Vim

[David Wright]

On Sun 29 Jul 2018 at 21:10:34 (-0700), Peter Engelbert wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am wondering if anyone knows how to set up vim to be able to do tab
> completion (or Ctrl-N completion) for Lilypond syntax.  As is, Vim can do tab
> completion for variables, contexts and grobs that are defined within the
> current file or included files.  For example, once i \override
> NoteHead.stencil in a given file, I can then use tab completion on \override,
> NoteHead, or .stencil.  Before any of these have appeared in the file, they
> are not available using Tab completion. This is in contrast to Frescobaldi, 
> which has
> Lilypond's syntax (and all of the grob and interface properties) built-in, and
> completion is available via a drop-down context menu.
> 
> Is it possible to set up this functionality within Vim?  I'm really sold on it
> as an editor, I find it to be quite efficient and I like how easy it is to
> program and modify.  I find it better than Frescobaldi in every way, except
> for Frescobaldi's superior automatic completion.  If there isn't a ready-made
> solution, perhaps someone could point me in the direction of how to go about
> creating one?

Perhaps
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1115876/autocompletion-in-vim

Cheers,
David.