# How to to get \[\[Title of the target note\]\] working with inline autocomplete in Org-roam **URL:** \ **Category:** Tips\ **Created:** [September 23, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782 "2020-09-23T19:57:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/21 "2021-01-08T08:55:51Z")
The [official manual](https://www.orgroam.com/manual.html#Completions) lists this so it should. > `roam` links support auto-completion via `completion-at-point` : simply call `M-x completion-at-point` within a roam link. That is, where the `|` character represents the cursor: > > - `[[|]]` : completes for a file title > - `[[roam:]]` : completes for a file title > - `[[*|]]` : completes for a headline within this file > - `[[foo*|]]` : completes a headline within the file with title “foo” > - `[[roam:foo*|]]` completes a headline within the file with title “foo” If it gives you the same error without Company (using built-in completion-at-point), then I suppose it would be a bug. I suggest that you report it in the project GitHub repo. ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/22 "2021-01-08T09:40:57Z")
Now I can reproduce the issue. It looks to me that this recent change has introduced the problem: > I do not fully understand the intention of this change, but macro `org-roam-with-file` expects `file` to be passed, but it is empty when `org-roam-link--get-headlines` calls it. You might like to reference this thread when you report the issue to the project. ---
**Author:** ![rdiaz02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@rdiaz02](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/rdiaz02)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/23 "2021-01-08T16:47:12Z")
Reported the issue ([wrong-type-argument arrayp nil with completion-at-point on [[\*|]] · Issue #1373 · org-roam/org-roam · GitHub](https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/issues/1373)) with reference to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![wilya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/94ad74/32.png) [@wilya](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/wilya)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/24 "2021-01-15T16:23:13Z")
As a noob, to help others not very fluent with elisp, I would like to add to your great tutorial that Instead of using > [@nobiot](#): > > `(setq company-backends '(company-capf))` which would ovewrite the default variable and delete all the other backends, I use: ` (add-to-list 'company-backends 'company-capf)` which it prepends company-capfs to the list, as suggested by org-roam manual. Here my use-package: > (use-package company > :ensure t > :after org-roam > :config > (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'global-company-mode) > (setq company-minimum-prefix-length 2) > (setq company-idle-delay 0.25) > :init > (with-eval-after-load 'company > (define-key company-active-map (kbd “C-n”) #'company-select-next) > (define-key company-active-map (kbd “C-p”) #'company-select-previous) > (add-to-list 'company-backends 'company-capf))) ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/25 "2021-01-15T22:38:48Z")
> [@wilya](#): > > which would ovewrite the default variable and delete all the other backends, I use: > ` (add-to-list 'company-backends 'company-capf)` > which it prepends company-capfs to the list, as suggested by org-roam manual. Yes, a better solution :). Thank you. Edited the example config in the beginning of this thread, and added a reference to the user manual. Thanks, @wilya again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![artelse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@artelse](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/artelse)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/26 "2021-09-19T21:40:44Z")
Am trying to get [[ completion to work, but cannot get any completions displayed. When inserting an org roam link, I get a list of links in the minibuffer, but not in a neat popup. Is bracket completion still supported in V2? (Caveat: am a noob, just starting with emacs and org roam.) ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/27 "2021-09-20T09:21:47Z")
Can’t give you an easy way at the moment – need to get others to jump in to help. You need Company mode (other options exist but I suggest it is the easiest). Set it up as described above for Org-roam (config might need adjustment but I can’t spend more time on this, sorry). Once Company is set up, two options. 1. `(setq org-roam-completion-everywhere nil)` – default. Type `[[roam: ]]` 2. `(setq org-roam-completion-everywhere t)` And type some char The number of characters you need to type to start getting the ‘pop-up’ depends on your setting. ---
**Author:** ![artelse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@artelse](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/artelse)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/28 "2021-09-21T16:04:46Z")
Yes, I have company and also the settings suggested, but still no completion and popup. Thanks for the response, hopefully someone else has a suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/29 "2021-09-21T17:37:27Z")
Make sure you also have the closing ]] ? ---
**Author:** ![artelse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@artelse](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/artelse)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/30 "2021-09-21T17:41:14Z")
Yes, are put in automatically. ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/31 "2021-09-21T19:14:33Z")
I see. I have installed Company again (I don’t use it, so it’s a new installation and tried it. It just works on my end. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/orgroam/original/1X/61b23c2789bb61c961e3becfbbf465ee48fdd4ec.png) One thing you could try is go to your Org-roam file (any one) and check the following two variables: - `completion-at-point-functions`. The value should contain `org-roam-complete-at-point`. It does the “pop-up” for Company – it is the function that is called when you want to use completion at point in the buffer. - `org-roam-find-file-hook` Check if you have function `org-roam--register-completion-functions-h`. It is responsible for adding `org-roam-complete-at-point` to `completion-at-point-functions`. If you don’t have these values… Not sure why. One strong possibility is that you haven’t loaded Org-roam yet when you tried the pop-up function with Company. The variables above should be taken care of when you load `org-roam-node.el`, which is one of the core files in order for Org-roam to function. Make sure that you have loaded Org-roam especially when you defer loading of it – if you have successfully called `org-roam-node-find` then you can be sure that Org-roam has been loaded. * * * I cannot reproduce your problem. All I did was simply install Company and add this below in my scratch buffer and evaluated: ```auto (global-company-mode) (setq company-minimum-prefix-length 2) (setq company-idle-delay 0.25) (add-to-list 'company-backends 'company-capf) ``` ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/orgroam/original/1X/0575748ad50aacc499dc6d3a60a08fe60790440d.png) ---
**Author:** ![artelse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@artelse](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/artelse)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/32 "2021-09-21T22:02:44Z")
Thanks for these things to check. `completion-at-point-functions` has the value: `(tags-completion-at-point-function)` The `org-roam-find-file-hook` has: ````auto org-roam--register-completion-functions-h org-roam--replace-roam-links-on-save-h org-roam-open-id-with-org-roam-db-h org-roam-db-autosync--setup-update-on-save-h)``` So the completion has a wrong function registered somewhere. But when I call `org-roam-node-find` I get a minibuffer with nodes on my system. I will dig some further, at least I get the popup now, but with the wrong list. For reference, this is my config for org roam: ```` ```auto (setq org-directory (concat (getenv "HOME") "/Documents/org-roam/")) (use-package org-roam :after org :init (setq org-roam-v2-ack t) ;; Acknowledge V2 upgrade :custom (org-roam-directory (file-truename org-directory)) :config (org-roam-db-autosync-enable) (org-roam-db-autosync-mode) (setq org-roam-completion-everywhere nil) (setq org-roam-complete-link-at-point t) :bind (("C-c n f" . org-roam-node-find) ("C-c n g" . org-roam-graph) ("C-c n r" . org-roam-node-random) (:map org-mode-map (("C-c n i" . org-roam-node-insert) ("C-c n o" . org-id-get-create) ("C-c n t" . org-roam-tag-add) ("C-c n a" . org-roam-alias-add) ("C-c n l" . org-roam-buffer-toggle) ("C-c n L" . org-toggle-link-display))))) ``` ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 6:04am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/33 "2021-09-22T06:04:49Z")
For what it’s worth, here is what my `completion-at-point-functions` looks like for a file in Org-roam. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/orgroam/original/1X/19d367f98a312228926e6be6c8a55db941ed776c.png) > [@artelse](#): > > ```auto > :config > (org-roam-db-autosync-enable) > (org-roam-db-autosync-mode) > (setq org-roam-completion-everywhere nil) > (setq org-roam-complete-link-at-point t) > > ``` It may not be relevant, but I’d change this `:config` part to as follows: ```auto :config ;; (org-roam-db-autosync-enable) ;; redundant with enabling autosync-mode (org-roam-db-autosync-mode 1) ;; explicitly turn the minor mode with 1 (setq org-roam-completion-everywhere nil) ;; (setq org-roam-complete-link-at-point t) ;; it's a function ``` I don’t believe this change will be a fix for your issue, but it might be worth considering. Just as a test, you can evaluate the following, which is what `org-roam--egister-completion-functions-h` should do. It’s a local hook, so it only affects the Org file you are visiting. ```auto (add-hook 'completion-at-point-functions #'org-roam-complete-at-point nil t) ``` ---
**Author:** ![artelse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@artelse](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/artelse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/34 "2021-09-23T18:46:06Z")
I started from scratch in a vanilla Emacs config with the following `init.el` which is based on [David’s tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyhPmypHDEw). Inside the brackets I can call `completion-at-point` via `C-M-i` and I get a list of completions in the minibuffer below, but not in the small popup. I do get a small popup list when I type one character, but it doesn’t show me the nodes, some more generic completions. So `completion-at-point-functions` shows the correct `(org-roam-complete-at-point pcomplete-completions-at-point t)` Dunno, don’t want to waste anybodies time, but am still not sure what is going on. So far my appreciation for the help, I learned a lot on how to debug problems. ```auto (require 'package) ;;; Code: (setq package-archives '(("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") ("org" . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/") ("elpa" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/"))) ;; if not yet installed, install package use-package (unless (package-installed-p 'use-package) (package-refresh-contents) (package-install 'use-package)) (require 'use-package) (setq use-package-always-ensure t) (package-initialize) (use-package company) (global-company-mode) (setq company-minimum-prefix-length 1) (setq company-idle-delay 0.25) (add-to-list 'company-backends 'company-capf) (setq org-directory (concat (getenv "HOME") "/Documents/org-roam/")) (use-package org-roam :init (setq org-roam-v2-ack t) ;; Acknowledge V2 upgrade :custom (org-roam-directory (file-truename org-directory)) (org-roam-completion-everywhere nil) :config (org-roam-db-autosync-mode 1) (org-roam-setup) :bind (("C-c n f" . org-roam-node-find) ("C-c n g" . org-roam-graph) ("C-c n r" . org-roam-node-random) (:map org-mode-map (("C-c n i" . org-roam-node-insert) ("C-c n o" . org-id-get-create) ("C-c n t" . org-roam-tag-add) ("C-c n a" . org-roam-alias-add) ("C-c n l" . org-roam-buffer-toggle) ("C-M-i" . completion-at-point) ("C-c n L" . org-toggle-link-display))))) ``` ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/35 "2021-09-23T19:27:36Z")
I tried my Emacs with only the config you pasted and put it in `~/.emacs` file. I changed the `org-directory` to `"/Documents/evergreen/"`. It works on my end. I needed to manually enter closing brackets `]]` as the config does not enable automatic paring of brackets. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/orgroam/original/1X/c93c3241fc91ae6e3979e09b4fe866dd959a155d.png) This means … I can think of only two possibilities: 1. You have other config that prevents Company mode from working with Org-roam 2. Your Emacs somehow does not support Company mode The machine and Emacs I used is as follows – it’s a bit special and might be unnecessarily technically detailed, but just in case the Emacs build should be related to your issue. I also use Windows daily and have never had issues with Company (but I didn’t use it for this experiment above). - Ubuntu 21.04 x86\_64 - Wayland, instead of X Server for GUI apps - GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86\_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.25, cairo version 1.16.0) I built it from source on Emacs’ `feature/pgtk` branch (thinking that I needed Pure GTK feature for Emacs to be compatible with Wayland) **Edit** : one more thing just in case. I think the search is case sensitive. ---
**Author:** ![artelse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@artelse](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/artelse)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/36 "2021-09-24T13:59:39Z")
Issue has been resolved. After compiling and installing Emacs 28 it gave me an error it couldn’t find `use-package`. Hmm… what was wrong in my `init.el` was that `(package-initialize)` came _after_ `(require 'use-package)`. When I moved it before, the completions work as expected; a classic order problem. Emacs 28 seems more picky and therefore showed where it went wrong. It also works now in Emacs 27.1 with the same `init.el` file. However, checking my original config file, it has the right order… so need to get into what’s going on there; perhaps load it up on 28 and see what happens. Thanks again for the help 😀 . ---
**Author:** ![spav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@spav](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/spav)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/37 "2022-01-01T14:32:45Z")
Hi, Sorry for re-opening a closed issue. I am experiencing trouble setting up the completions for roam. I followed all discussions and recommendations in this thread, but I obtain the same result: I don’t get a popup with the completion options, instead, my minibuffer displays different (grammar) recommendations, see below: > Corrections: do do f fa Fe Flo fob foe fog fop for fox Fr fro ft go ho Io Jo lo My configs are variations of those I have read in this thread (where not the same). See below ```auto ;; org-roam configs (use-package org-roam :ensure t :init (setq org-roam-v2-ack t) :custom (org-roam-completion-everywhere t) (org-roam-dailies-capture-templates '(("d" "default" entry "* %<%I:%M %p>: %?" :if-new (file+head "%<%Y-%m-%d>.org.gpg" "# -*- epa-file-encrypt-to: (\"manuel@manuel.is\") -*-\n\n#+title: %<%Y-%m-%d>\n")))) (org-roam-capture-templates '(("p" "project" plain (file "~/.emacs.d/org-templates/project.orgcaptmpl") :if-new (file+head "%<%Y%m%d%H%M%S>-${slug}.org.gpg" "# -*- epa-file-encrypt-to: (\"manuel@manuel.is\") -*-\n\n#+title: ${title}\n#+filetags: Project") :unnarrowed t :kill-buffer t))) :bind (("C-c n l" . org-roam-buffer-toggle) ("C-c n f" . org-roam-node-find) ("C-c n i" . org-roam-node-insert) :map org-mode-map ("C-M-i" . completion-at-point) :map org-roam-dailies-map ("Y" . org-roam-dailies-capture-yesterday) ("T" . org-roam-dailies-capture-tomorrow)) :bind-keymap ("C-c n d" . org-roam-dailies-map) :config (require 'org-roam-dailies) (org-roam-db-autosync-mode)) ``` My completion configurations are minimal: ```auto (use-package company :ensure t :after org-roam :config (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'global-company-mode) (setq company-minimum-prefix-length 2) (setq company-idle-delay 0.25) :init (with-eval-after-load 'company (define-key company-active-map (kbd "C-n") #'company-select-next) (define-key company-active-map (kbd "C-p") #'company-select-previous) (add-to-list 'company-backends 'company-capf))) ``` I am assuming the problem lies in my completion framework, but I cannot locate it. For the record, my setup is `GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.30, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2021-11-27, modified by Debian`. Systemd starts my emacs in a daemon mode and I spawn a child with `emacsclient` (use GUI and terminal as well, but my tests have all been done in GUI). The packages are fresh. @nobiot do you have any recommendation or debugging tip? ---
**Author:** ![spav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@spav](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/spav)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/38 "2022-01-01T14:35:04Z")
Please note, all my notes are encrypted using EasyPG, as you can see from the templates’ extensions, I mention it for completion, although it should not affect the outcome. ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/39 "2022-01-01T15:48:32Z")
> [@spav](#): > > `company-backends` I suggest you start by looking at the value of the following variables when you are visiting a file in the Org-roam directory: - company-backends - org-roam-completion-functions Also… is Company mode actually turned on when you visit a file in Org-roam directory? I don’t see how this happens from your config above only. ---
**Author:** ![spav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@spav](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/spav)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782/40 "2022-01-01T18:04:44Z")
> [@nobiot](#): > > Also… is Company mode actually turned on when you visit a file in Org-roam directory? I asked myself the same question after posting and I found out that this was precisely the problem. I now make sure `company` is turned on when handling `org-mode` buffers. For completion, below, the working configuration I arrived at: ```auto (use-package company :ensure t :hook (prog-mode . company-mode) (org-mode . company-mode) :config (setq company-minimum-prefix-length 2) (setq company-idle-delay 0.2) (setq-default tab-always-indent 'complete) :init (with-eval-after-load 'company (define-key company-active-map (kbd "C-n") #'company-select-next) (define-key company-active-map (kbd "C-p") #'company-select-previous))) ``` Thanks for the quick response tho! [Previous page](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782.md?page=1) [Next page](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/how-to-to-get-title-of-the-target-note-working-with-inline-autocomplete-in-org-roam/782.md?page=3)