This is the official manual for the latest Org-mode release.
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15.1 Completion
Emacs would not be Emacs without completion, and Org mode uses it whenever it
makes sense. If you prefer an iswitchb- or ido-like interface for
some of the completion prompts, you can specify your preference by setting at
most one of the variables org-completion-use-iswitchb
org-completion-use-ido
.
Org supports in-buffer completion. This type of completion does
not make use of the minibuffer. You simply type a few letters into
the buffer and use the key to complete text right there.
- M-<TAB>
- Complete word at point
- At the beginning of a headline, complete TODO keywords.
- After ‘\’, complete TeX symbols supported by the exporter.
- After ‘*’, complete headlines in the current buffer so that they
can be used in search links like ‘[[*find this headline]]’.
- After ‘:’ in a headline, complete tags. The list of tags is taken
from the variable
org-tag-alist
(possibly set through the
‘#+TAGS’ in-buffer option, see Setting tags), or it is created
dynamically from all tags used in the current buffer.
- After ‘:’ and not in a headline, complete property keys. The list
of keys is constructed dynamically from all keys used in the current
buffer.
- After ‘[’, complete link abbreviations (see Link abbreviations).
- After ‘#+’, complete the special keywords like ‘TYP_TODO’ or
‘OPTIONS’ which set file-specific options for Org mode. When the
option keyword is already complete, pressing M-<TAB> again
will insert example settings for this keyword.
- In the line after ‘#+STARTUP: ’, complete startup keywords,
i.e., valid keys for this line.
- Elsewhere, complete dictionary words using Ispell.