I like cli tab completion.

I was writing some perl- and I got mixed up because I'd been using the command line all morning- so I was trying to hit tab to finish some function call.

(I use vim a lot.. So I find myself typing :wq on emails and form text areas a good bit also. I hope I'm not alone here.)

So.. I thought.. what about tab completion for code- in vim- a plugin?? Something that would look around and say.. oh.. you declared symbol $some_long_ass_descriptive_symbol_name and therefore if you start typing $some_long_ass...
Just like the cli.

I discussed this around the office- my boss thinks I'm not worthy of vim anymore and I should start using open office to edit code instead.

Has this been done before? Is this out there? Is this an idea solely conjured for the purpose of lazyness and the effect of slowing down a machine and just introducing more bugs?

This tickles my imagination.. Just me??
:wq

update

Just when you thought you were talking about something obscure.. Perl omnicompletion available for Vim 7

In reply to (OT) tab completion for code? by leocharre

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