Sublime Text 2 :: Python code completion

Question

I'm trying to get Code suggestion (the drop-down box) to suggest properly.

Right now it does not. It only suggests, more or less, identifiers and modules that are already in the file being edited (meaning in-file scope). If, for example, I try this:

import numpy <--- numpy is not suggested as I type it.

numpy.a <--- And here, nothing that begins with 'a' is suggested.

I've implemented a raft of things suggested at various sites, including the following, but with no success in getting correct code-complete suggestions to appear, or sometimes to appear at all:

- Installed SublimeRope
- "use_simple_completion": true  (in SublimeRope.sublime-settings)
- "auto_complete_triggers": [ {"selector": "source.python - string - comment - constant.numeroc", "characters": "."} ]  (in Pyhon.sublime-settings)
- etc.

Am I missing something (of course I am :)). Appreciate the suggestions.

Solution

Sublime's autocomplete is intended to match within the current file.

If you want to have code completion based on syntactic features of the language, you have many options, but I would suggest some combination of the following:

• Install the CodeIntel package (package control instructions here)
• Use snippets
  • Install Python snippets through package control (I like sublime-unittest).
  • Instructions for creating your own snippets.

Hope that helps.

Comments

[NYCeyes]

Thank you. It does. I actually had tried CodeIntel which is what got me closer to what I wanted, though it still struggles to auto-suggest correctly (and it's slows things down -- like any plugin naturally would -- some more that others). Your comment let me know I was going in the right direction (with the myriad of settings that there are). I'd upvote your response (because it's correct), but I only have a measly 6 points. :)

[NL23codes]

Just a heads up for others, the setup for CodeIntel is very difficult and the documentation is very poor.