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I cannot use ac-complete-with-helm the first time because of this error:

helm-show-completion: Wrong type argument: overlayp, nil [5 times]

I had to run auto-complete first to "activate" ac-helm. After executing initial auto-complete, calling ac-complete-with-helm produces no more errors. But I had to execute auto-complete first.

Currently, to popup ac-helm, ac-complete must be executed first to get a list of completion. Is there a way to directly use ac-helm?

If ac-complete-clang is available and the current mode is C/C++, ac-helm should call ac-complete-clang immediately, like this:

(defun my-ac-complete-with-helm ()
  (interactive)
  (call-interactively 'ac-complete-with-helm)
  (call-interactively 'ac-complete-clang)
  )

It should use ac-complete-clang because ac-complete-clang also inserts function's arguments and allow user to change.

This issue happened in previous version of Helm: emacs-helm/helm#402 , but it got fixed now. However, ac-helm (as well as helm-flycheck) still has this issue.

Currently, helm-M-x does not has this issue. I also tested helm-swoop, and it does not have this issue after the original issue got fixed. So, I think the way ac-helm uses helm interface can be updated.

For example, if I got a completed symbol:

(global-set-k|ey) ;; | is the cursor

Execute ac-complete-with-helm, the symbol is completed again:

(global-set-key|ey) ;; unnecessary "ey" is inserted

The current stable version specifies helm-20130328 as a requirement

For example, in Makefile, when ac-complete-with-helm is bound to TAB, it should fall back to TAB's original function of that major mode when it has nothing to complete. Indeed, this behaviour should happen with any key that is bound to ac-complete-with-helm.

When there's one candiate, ac-helm does complete the candidate. However, ac-helm still pops a candidate buffer with nothing in it.

When I tried to define-key

(define-key java )

I tried ac-complete-with-helm after the java keyword, but it produced the following error:

if: Symbol's function definition is void: yas/current-snippet-table

I think yas/current-snippet-table should be exclude from the list of candidates, since I am trying to completing a symbol, not to insert a template.