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I use M-/ for this purpose, which I think is bound by default. It expands based on whatever buffers are already open. Not syntax aware or anything, but useful

I use M-/ for this purpose, which I think is bound by default. It expands based on whatever buffers are already open. Not syntax aware or anything, but useful nonetheless.

melling 12y ago
Yeah, I've actually used Emacs off and on for almost 30 years. For the past 10, I've used IntelliJ a lot more. C-M-x / is cool too. It will show all possible results in another window. My point is that modern tools work better out of the box. Emacs packages have evolved but that don't ship standard and that creates resistance for new users. There are actually a few solutions so that requires research and experimentation (i.e. more time). ido, auto-complete, cedet ? Helm looks like it might be the new power user tool? http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Helm http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Helm