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Practical Vim
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Practical Vim

by Drew Neil
October 2012
346 pages
7h 40m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Tip 112Work with the Autocomplete Pop-Up Menu

To get the most from the autocomplete command, learn how to interact with the pop-up menu. Either refine the choices and then pick an item, or dismiss the list if it doesn’t contain what you want.

When autocomplete is triggered, Vim draws a pop-up menu containing the items in the word list. We can interact with this menu using the commands shown in Table 30, ​Commands for the Pop-Up Menu.

Table 30. Commands for the Pop-Up Menu
KeystrokesEffect

<C-n>

Use the next match from the word list (next match)

<C-p>

Use the previous match from the word list (previous match)

<Down>

Select the next match from the word list

<Up>

Select the previous match from the word list

<C-y>

Accept the currently selected match ( ...

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