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Re: auto-complete: dropdown display delay
From: |
Dmitry Gutov |
Subject: |
Re: auto-complete: dropdown display delay |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:20:54 +0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (windows-nt) |
Hi Miguel,
You might want to ask this at
https://github.com/auto-complete/auto-complete/issues
Miguel Guedes <miguel.a.guedes@gmail.com> writes:
> Does anyone know how to decrease the time it takes for auto-complete [0]
> to display the dropdown menu in *every* instance?
>
> I've noticed the delay I've specified in `ac-delay' and `ac-auto-show-
> menu' is enforced *only* in those instances that require a trigger
> character/string (e.g. `:' or `->'). However those instances that require
> 2 characters to be typed, the dropdown takes >3 seconds to be shown.
> Doing `M-x auto-complete' results in the popup being shown immediately so
> it's not like auto-complete is busy processing - the delay is being
> overriden somehow.
>
> Would appreciate some input on this as I find it a terrific programming
> tool.
>
> Here's how I set it up:
>
> (ac-config-default)
> (global-auto-complete-mode t)
> (setq ac-auto-show-menu 0.2)
> (setq ac-delay 0.2)
> (setq ac-menu-height 20)
> (setq ac-auto-start t)
> (setq ac-show-menu-immediately-on-auto-complete t)
>
>
> [0] http://cx4a.org/software/auto-complete/manual.html