Neovim 0.12 Native Autocomplete and Why It Falls Short (2025)
I'll show you how to set up Neovim 0.12's new native autocompletion and reveal its major limitations, including its inability to handle multiple sources and snippets, explaining why might not be ready to replace your favourite plugins just yet.
Config link (native):
https://gist.github.com/smnatale/2dd6...
Config link (blink.cmp):
https://gist.github.com/smnatale/5372...
Links:
https://github.com/L3MON4D3/LuaSnip
https://github.com/rafamadriz/friendl...
https://github.com/Saghen/blink.cmp
0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - Autotrigger native completions
2:00 - Prevent completion autoselect
2:42 - Native completion limitations
3:10 - LuaSnip
3:50 - friendly-snippets
4:51 - Native completion limitations
6:05 - blink.cmp, the full package
8:15 - Outro
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