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created October 12, 2008 · complexity basic · author Knue · version 7.0
In this tip I'll show you how to setup C++ code completion in Vim.
1. First install OmniCppComplete.
2. Make a directory, for example ~/.vim/tags that will hold your ctags.
3. Create stdc++ tags: Download and unpack the modified libstdc++ headers to ~/.vim/tags/cpp_src
4. Run ctags:
$ cd ~/.vim/tags $ ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q --language-force=C++ cpp_src $ mv tags cpp
5. Add additional tags (change to your system/likings):
$ ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q --language-force=C++ /usr/include/GL/ && mv tags gl # for OpenGL $ ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q --language-force=C++ /usr/include/SDL/ && mv tags sdl # for SDL $ ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q --language-force=C++ /usr/include/qt4/ && mv tags qt4 # for QT4
6. Edit your ~/.vimrc and change to your system/likings:
" configure tags - add additional tags here or comment out not-used ones set tags+=~/.vim/tags/cpp set tags+=~/.vim/tags/gl set tags+=~/.vim/tags/sdl set tags+=~/.vim/tags/qt4 " build tags of your own project with CTRL+F12 map <C-F12> :!ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q .<CR> " OmniCppComplete let OmniCpp_NamespaceSearch = 1 let OmniCpp_GlobalScopeSearch = 1 let OmniCpp_ShowAccess = 1 let OmniCpp_MayCompleteDot = 1 let OmniCpp_MayCompleteArrow = 1 let OmniCpp_MayCompleteScope = 1 let OmniCpp_DefaultNamespaces = ["std", "_GLIBCXX_STD"] " automatically open and close the popup menu / preview window au CursorMovedI,InsertLeave * if pumvisible() == 0|silent! pclose|endif set completeopt=menuone,menu,longest,preview
Additional information
It is nice to have the headers of the used libs really on your system so the preview window has something to show. So don't delete the headers after creating the tag files.