setup vim autocompletion (on debian 10)
I think youcomplteme is a great autocompletion addon for vim. It's simple
but effecite. It's also packaged for debian.
sudo apt install vim-addon-manager vim-youcompleteme python3-future
vam install youcompleteme
echo 'let g:ycm_global_ycm_extra_conf = "/usr/lib/ycmd/ycm_extra_conf.py"' >> ~/.vimrc
echo 'filetype on' >> ~/.vimrc
That's it. I've been using this for years and I'm quite happy with it.
Note: python3-future is required as a workaround, because debian ships a old
version of youcompleteme. When you're developing python and use virtual-env,
this can hide the future module form you path. This then triggers the
previously mentioned bug. vim will prompt YouCompleteMe unavailable: No
module named 'future' on startup. An easy mitigation is to just install that
moduel to your venvs too, eg. with: python3 -m pip install future.