| Tip 32 | Tab-Complete Your Ex Commands |
Just like in the shell, we can use the <Tab> key to autocomplete commands at the prompt.
Vim is smart about picking suggestions for tab-completion. It looks at the context of what has already been typed at the command line and builds a list of suitable suggestions. For example, we could type this:
| => | :col<C-d> |
| <= | colder colorscheme |
The <C-d> command asks Vim to reveal a list of possible completions (see c_CTRL-Dⓘ). If we hit the <Tab> key, the prompt will cycle through colder, colorscheme, and then the original col again. We can scroll backward through the suggestions by pressing <S-Tab>.
Suppose we want to change the color scheme, but we can’t remember the name of the theme we want. We could use ...
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