auto-pairs VS supertab

Compare auto-pairs vs supertab and see what are their differences.

auto-pairs

Vim plugin, insert or delete brackets, parens, quotes in pair (by jiangmiao)

supertab

Perform all your vim insert mode completions with Tab (by ervandew)
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auto-pairs supertab
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auto-pairs

Posts with mentions or reviews of auto-pairs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-20.
  • How do I implement this effect in Neovim?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 8 Aug 2023
    This plugin, jiangmiao/auto-pairs. Has a nice feature called Fly Mode where you can escape from any brace or quote with the ending pair no matter where you are while still being in INSERT mode. I'm trying to make this plugin work but having issues. Does anyone know how I can go about implementing this?
  • Favorite vimrc configs for coding?
    8 projects | /r/vim | 20 Feb 2023
    Having said this, there are some useful language independent extensions: jiangmiao/auto-pairs, tpope/vim-commentary, preservim/tagbar, junegunn/vim-peekaboo
  • Making AutoPairs work with '< >'
    1 project | /r/vim | 10 Dec 2022
    You can load a plugin inside of your vimrc using the :runtime command. I'm assuming you're using https://github.com/jiangmiao/auto-pairs -- the initialization code for the plugin should be in plugin/auto-pairs.vim, so you can put this in your vimrc:
  • Do vim users tend to enter insert mode and exit insert mode often in order to do simple movements using hjkl while writing? Or do you switch between arrow keys in insert mode and hjkl depending on what mode you're in?
    5 projects | /r/vim | 5 Dec 2022
  • oh, happy it ended
    8 projects | /r/neovim | 27 Sep 2022
    - packer instead of plug. it's written in lua and optimises - vim-autopairs instead of auto-pairs. it's written in lua + extremely important: it dosn't put pair of quotes if you're right before the word. it puts only one, so you don't have to manually delete second one -nvim-tree over nerdtree. it's written in lua, isn't this enough?)
  • Skip over bracket plugins
    3 projects | /r/vim | 8 Sep 2022
  • "Unknown functions" called after deleting a plugin
    1 project | /r/vim | 16 Aug 2022
    I've recently switched from Pathogen to VimPlug and started installing new plugins. One of them was auto-pairs, which I promptly uninstalled. However, Vim looks for functions from this plugin when I try to type, preventing me from writing anything. For example, when I try pressing space, Vim complains about E117: Unknown function: AutoPairsSpace.
  • Vim: A Beginner's Guide From A Beginner
    14 projects | dev.to | 27 May 2022
    auto-pairs - completes your parentheses, brackets and quotes
  • Is it unorthodox to write java purely in Vim/CLI and not use an IDE?
    8 projects | /r/javahelp | 4 May 2022
    Extra: for extra intellisense, you can use https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale (I don't - I like to stick to vanilla Vim as much as possible), https://github.com/ervandew/supertab (for completions using TAB instead of Ctrl-P), and https://github.com/jiangmiao/auto-pairs (automatic bracket insertion).
  • What is the best way to tab out?
    3 projects | /r/vim | 2 May 2022
    If you're in normal mode, as people have already said, it's A. If you are in insert mode, there are a lot of possibilities with roughly the same cost. Vim has a few insert-mode movement commands, e.g. j goes down a line, but so far as I know there isn't one that helps you. The vim-rsi plugin gives you readline-type commands in insert mode, so if you had that you could do to jump to the end of the line. Another possibility with plugins is to have something like auto-pairs installed in which case just typing ) would do it.

supertab

Posts with mentions or reviews of supertab. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-20.
  • Favorite vimrc configs for coding?
    8 projects | /r/vim | 20 Feb 2023
    vim-lsp and ccls, supertab for auto-completion
  • Which vim plugins do not have a lua equivalent yet?
    23 projects | /r/neovim | 18 Feb 2023
    supertab? (one of the "install and forget" plugins I'm using for years)
  • Is it unorthodox to write java purely in Vim/CLI and not use an IDE?
    8 projects | /r/javahelp | 4 May 2022
    Extra: for extra intellisense, you can use https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale (I don't - I like to stick to vanilla Vim as much as possible), https://github.com/ervandew/supertab (for completions using TAB instead of Ctrl-P), and https://github.com/jiangmiao/auto-pairs (automatic bracket insertion).
  • Just discovered emacs as a long term vim user and it's incredible
    13 projects | /r/vim | 26 Apr 2022
    "basic visual settings set number set linebreak "text type settings set encoding=utf-8 "Remapping keys inoremap jk nnoremap j gj nnoremap k gk "to quickly open NERDTree filebrowser. nnoremap :NERDTree "to open files with external programs from paths written in vim. nnoremap gF :!xdg-open "to make Y behave similar to D and C nnoremap Y y$ "to make a new line after the word without entering insert mode nnoremap e a "insert a new line without entering insert mode nnoremap o ok nnoremap O Oj "search settings set hlsearch set incsearch "clipboard settings set clipboard=unnamedplus "for use of Vim plug plugin manager. call plug#begin() " To change the surroundings a text. Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " A Vim Plugin for Lively Previewing LaTeX PDF Output " Use this command to start the previewer :LLPStartPreview Plug 'xuhdev/vim-latex-live-preview', { 'for': 'tex' } Plug 'https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki' "It is a file browser and does basic file ops. Plug 'preservim/nerdtree' "It highlights most movement commands like w,j,f,t,/ etc.Triggered by "leader twice plus the movement key. Plug 'https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion.git' "enables completion with tab instead of control p. Plug 'https://github.com/ervandew/supertab' "To edit csv files in vim and display them nicely. Plug 'chrisbra/csv.vim' call plug#end() "settings required by plugins. "to use markdown in vimwiki instead of learning vimwiki syntax let g:vimwiki_list = [{'path': '~/vimwiki/', \ 'syntax': 'markdown', 'ext': '.md'}] "Self defined commands which can be executed on vim command line.(must start "with caps) "This is shortcut for quickly sourcing vimrc. command Src source ~/.vimrc "shortcut to delete entire file. command Dal norm ggdG "shortcut to copy entire file. command Yal norm ggyG command Erc vsplit ~/.vimrc "to make presentations with pandoc using source markdown and then opening the pdf through external viewer. command Mkppt :!pandoc % -t beamer -o output.pdf ; xdg-open output.pdf "changing the default leader key which is "\" let mapleader = "\" "auto commands to do stuff based on certain events "This inserts # when leader + c key is pressed in a python file. autocmd filetype python nnoremap c I# autocmd filetype python nnoremap C ^x "saving macros or registers. "macro for anki cloze deletion let @b="f:a{{c1::jkA}}jkj0"
  • is it possible to have autocompletion where we incrementally complete the word instead of all at once?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 22 Jan 2022
    Currently I use supertab : https://github.com/ervandew/supertab
  • Sublime text like autocomplete in vim
    6 projects | /r/vim | 5 Aug 2021
    There are plugins that may improve this experience for you, like supertab, vimcompletesme, or vim-mucomplete. You can find more completion plugins here.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing auto-pairs and supertab you can also consider the following projects:

lexima.vim - Auto close parentheses and repeat by dot dot dot...

VimCompletesMe - You don't Complete Me; Vim Completes Me! A super simple, super minimal, super light-weight tab completion plugin for Vim.

vim-rainbow - Rainbow brackets for Vim

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

tabout.nvim - tabout plugin for neovim

vim-lsp - async language server protocol plugin for vim and neovim

vim-closer - Closes brackets

vim-mucomplete - Chained completion that works the way you want!

nvim-colorizer.lua - The fastest Neovim colorizer.

coc-java - Java extension for coc.nvim

nvim-compe - Auto completion Lua plugin for nvim

vim-codefmt - Vim plugin for syntax-aware code formatting