Clang Complete for Vim

Question

I copied clang_complete.vim to plugin, but when I typed . after some variable, it says:

pattern not found

Answer 1

Try opening a sample file

vim /tmp/sample.cpp

and enter some cpp code

#include 

int main() {
  std:: // <-- this should complete
}

Note that you actually need to include the headers, since completion is done with the compiler. If this works, but your project still keeps saying "Pattern not found" then clang++ is probably not able to compile your project. Do you use any -I switches when you compile your code? Add them to a file named .clang_complete in your project directory.

For me this works fine with my .vim/plugin folder containing only the clang_complete.vim file that is available for download:

$ find .vim
.vim
.vim/plugin
.vim/plugin/clang_complete.vim

... but in this issue report https://github.com/Rip-Rip/clang_complete/issues/39 it is suggested that you might need more than that file (additional files are in the git repo).