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It's really nice, but lack specific feature of auto-importing packages while typing. Like, if you type `fmt.` and package is not imported yet, you'll not see any completions.

So, I've implemented it a while ago in separate coding-helping plugin, see the gif: https://github.com/reconquest/vim-pythonx#autoimport

UPD: also, some gifs, showing how coding routine I believe should be done (Golang taken as example): https://github.com/reconquest/snippets#let-me-show. Type less, get more.

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Author here. Vim doesn't have type by completion support, however it imho has completion, but it needs to be triggered manually with a key shortcut(such as C-X C-O). Plugins like YCM changes this behavior to on the fly completion.

For gifs, I have couple of screencasts already (all in Wiki: https://github.com/fatih/vim-go/wiki/Screencasts), but yeah we could definitely add a GIF, but my time is limited for this kind of stuff :)

It does, just not by default, and only on save – not while typing.

> Enable goimports to automatically insert import paths instead of gofmt:

> let g:go_fmt_command = "goimports"

Yeah, only on save.

It's deal breaker for me, I want to see completions immediately, not by entering `fmt.`, saving file, backspacing, re-entering `.`.

On the flipside, what implements this functionality you speak of? I ask, because you mention it being a deal breaker for vim-go, so i'm curious what you currently use?

I'm using vim-go, I just implemented autoimport functionality on top of it.

Why? I code Go in Vim every day, and I think goimports is perfect. I don't even think about the import ( ... ) block at the top - I just use what packages I want, save my code, and let the machine take care of the imports. If you have your GOPATH set up properly, it works 100% of the time.

Looks like I was not clear enough. goimports works perfectly, but only on buffer save event (or by manual trigger).

Take an example, start from scratch:

  package main
  
  func main() {
    fmt|
  }

Cursor is at |, and when I type ., I immediatelly have fmt package imported and see completion menu for fmt package (without leaving insert mode or saving file, just by typing dot).

Out of the box vim-go doesn't provide that.

Ah, you want the full package exports available for autocomplete? Have you found a way to do that?

I think slightly differently. I don't think I import enough packages for "save file after first usage" to become a deal breaker.

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