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I had installed tern_for_vim and YouCompleteMe for js completion this way.

1 install node

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh | bash
source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
nvm install node

2 install tern_for_vim

$ cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/marijnh/tern_for_vim

3 install YouCompleteMe

cd ~/.vim/bundle/YouCompleteMe
$ ./install.sh --clang-completer --tern-completer

4 edit .tern-project

vim  .tern-project  
{
    "libs": [
        "browser",
        "underscore",
        "jquery"
    ],
    "plugins": {
        "node": {}
    }
}

Now to vim test.js.
The js completion pop up after inputing document. in test.js file.
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Then to vim test.html
No js completion pop up after inputing document. in test.html file.
How to fix it?

2 Answers2

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Unfortunately this is not officially supported by tern. You can see the response in a closed issue

https://github.com/ternjs/tern_for_vim/issues/170

Because the parsing logic for separating HTML and scripts hasn't been implemented. This could be done as a plugin, if you want to take a shot at it, but it's out of scope for this repository.

But then there is another thread on SO which may help you

Using tern_for_vim plugin in HTML files

So best is to include your code in the html through a JS file and then edit the JS file. Else look at some other plugin/IDE environment. I would explore the below option as well

https://github.com/Shougo/deoplete.nvim#install

Tarun Lalwani
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I'm unfamiliar with tern_for_vim and YouCompleteMe for js completion, however you could always use vim's built in omni-func completion.

If you add:

filetype on
filetype plugin on
set omnifunc=syntaxcomplete#Complete

to your vimrc file, you can then manually set the filetype of your html file to javascript with :set filetype=javascript whilst in vim. Following that, when in insert mode, you can then use <C-x> followed by <C-o> to access javascript language specific omni completion.

The resulting completion menu is then navigable by the standard <C-p> for up and <C-n> for down hotkeys.

This, along with other bits of built in completion functionality are discussed in a nice thoughtbot talk.

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