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Using OmniCppComplete and vim for C++ auto-completion

Get OmniCppComplete Then install it: (It may overwrite some stuff... take care!) ckdir ~/.vim/ cd ~/.vim/ unzip cppcomplete.zip Then create and set your common tags file: (correct for your local installation locations) ~> ctags –R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q \ -f ~/vim/commontags \ ~/dev/myTools/include \ /usr/include \ /use/lib/boost/include /usr/lib/qt3/include ------- .vimrc: set tags+=~/vim/commontags ------- Add mapping to create/update local (CWD) project tags files: ------- .vimrc: map :!ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q . set tags+=./tags ------- Set up some default options: ------- .vimrc: " OmniCompletionOptions set completeopt=menu,menuone let OmniCpp_NamespaceSearch=2 let OmniCpp_ShowPrototypeInAbbr=1 " let OmniCpp_MayCompleteScope=1 ------- Then add any convenience macros: ------- .vimrc: " Smart VS-type <tab-completion> function ! CompleteTab ( direction ) let prec = strpart ( getline ( '.' )