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Amelio Vazquez-Reina
Amelio Vazquez-Reina

Reputation: 96304

Autocompletion from the keyboard in Emacs CEDET/semantic

Looking a the different methods for completion in CEDET semantic (fresh version from the Bazaar repository), I see I have the following options (keyboard bindings as suggested by Alex Ott in his config file)

However, none of them seem to give me the option to choose between the possible completions conveniently using the keyboard.

For example, (semantic-ia-complete-symbol-menu) opens a menu where I can choose between the different options, but as far as I can tell it requires me to use the mouse (I tried C-n, C-p, M-n, M-p to navigate the menu with no success).

On the other hand (semantic-ia-complete-symbol) opens another buffer with the options. I can also use the mouse to choose the desired autocompletion, but I would like to use the keyboard instead.

Also, in previous versions of CEDET, there was a variable (semantic-complete-inline-analyzer-displayor-class) that allowed me to choose between several options for autocompletion (e.g. (semantic-displayor-ghost), or a more elegant overlay as a tooltip), but this variable does not seem to exist anymore.

In case it matters, I work mostly with C++ files.

Update:

The only method that seems to allow me to cycle through autocompletions is C-c , space (semantic-complete-analyze-inline), where I can use TAB to autocomplete, but it doesn't show a menu of possible autocompletions that I can choose from.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1263

Answers (1)

Alex Ott
Alex Ott

Reputation: 87174

In new versions of CEDET it's recommended to use auto-complete or similar packages. You can add ac-semantic to ac-sources, and then auto-complete will use Semantic as source of data for completions. The new version of Emacs/CEDET articles, mentions this setup & shows necessary code. Please try it

Upvotes: 1

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