tech.guide.vim.fuzzy.completion.md

Tue Oct 13 08:00:07 PM EDT 2026

vim fuzzy completion without external programs like fzf.

Fuzzy matching scores how well a string matches a pattern when the pattern characters appear in order but not necessarily contiguously [1].

Looks like it was added in 9.1 on 20240603 [2]. You may try compiling vim yourself with my script tech.guide.vim.clipboard.compiling.nogui.md

set completeopt+=fuzzy

references

1 :help fuzzy

2 https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a218cc6cdabae1113647b817c4eefc2b60a6902f