Questions tagged [hippie-expand]
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Reverse suggestions from hippie-expand
I currently have the following settings for hippie-expand in my .emacs file:
(setq hippie-expand-try-functions-list
'(try-expand-dabbrev
try-expand-dabbrev-all-buffers
try-expand-dabbrev-from-kill
try-complete-file-name-partially
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Zelphir Kaltstahl
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File name autocomplete with dropdown
I like vim's tabcomplete feature - filename completion for its dropdown choices. Like this vi popdown,
I use hippie-expand with functions, try-complete-file-name-partially try-complete-file-name. It shows one option at a time not all the options…

Madhavan
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Use hippie-expand to complete ruby symbols without prefix
I am an avid hippie-expand user but I find it annoying that it natively doesn't complete ruby symbols without the prefix. For example (cursor is |):
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
before_action :some_action
protected
…

waymondo
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Difference between dynamic completion and hippie expand
I've been starting to use dynamic completion with icicle-support in Emacs (command icicle-complete with dynamic-completion-mode on), but now I've stumbled over hippie-expand and it sounds like they both are doing very similar things, so I'm not sure…

Alexander Praehauser
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Make `hippie-expand` check external file
I have a list of technical terms in a file called jargon.tex which I want to use with hippie-expand in a new project. I do not want to manually load this file every time in a separate buffer when working on a project for hippie-expand to find it. Is…

latex_guy
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Hippie doesn't use yasnippet and fallback to emmet with emacs-lisp-mode
I use hippie-expand with emmet and yasnippet.
(use-package emmet-mode
:init
(add-hook 'css-mode-hook 'emmet-mode)
(add-hook 'sgml-mode-hook 'emmet-mode)
:config (unbind-key "" emmet-mode-keymap))
(use-package hippie-exp
:bind…

Mathieu Marques
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hippie - complete file name with shell environment variables
I use this code snippet taken from some forum to complete the file path at point on pressing, C-M-/.
(defun my-expand-file-name-at-point ()
"Use hippie-expand to expand the filename"
(interactive)
(let ((hippie-expand-try-functions-list…

Madhavan
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