Sublime Text 2 :: Python code completion [duplicate]

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.

Answer 1

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.