Eclipse Style Function Completions in Emacs for C, C++ and JAVA?

emacs autocomplete intellisense
Frank picture Frank · Sep 24, 2008 · Viewed 13.5k times · Source

How Do I Get Eclipse Style Function Completions in Emacs for C, C++ and JAVA? I love the power of the Emacs text editor but the lack of an "intellisense" feature leaves me using Eclipse.

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Dave Webb picture Dave Webb · Sep 24, 2008

M-/ is a quick and dirty autocomplete based on the contents of your current buffer. It won't give you everything you get in Eclipse but is surprisingly powerful.

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