Code auto completion does not work in IntelliJ Community Edition

[sh-TU]

Before submitting your bug report

• [X] I believe this is a bug. I'll try to join the Continue Discord for questions
• [X] I'm not able to find an open issue that reports the same bug
• [X] I've seen the troubleshooting guide on the Continue Docs

Relevant environment info

- OS: Windows 10
- Continue: 0.0.50
- IDE: IntelliJ Community Edition 2024.1.2
- Model Provider: llama.cpp
- Model: starcoder2-3b

Description

The tab auto completion does not work in IntelliJ Community Edition. However, the chat works fine and was able to produce response. The ~/.continue/core.log file doesn't show any errors too.

To reproduce

1. Install continue.dev from the marketplace in your intelliJ
2. Proceed with the setup
3. Set provider to llama.cpp
4. Set model to starcoder2-3b
5. Set apiBase to the llama.cpp server

Screenshot below shows the chat is working fine.

Screenshot below shows that the autocompletion does not work with intelliJ (left) while in vscode (right) works

Log output

No response

[sestinj]

@sh-TU have you checked the box in settings for "Enable Tab Autocomplete"? I understand that this isn't super obvious, so in the next version it will be the default for anyone who downloads

https://docs.continue.dev/walkthroughs/tab-autocomplete#im-not-seeing-any-completions

[bjester]

@sh-TU have you checked the box in settings for "Enable Tab Autocomplete"? I understand that this isn't super obvious, so in the next version it will be the default for anyone who downloads

https://docs.continue.dev/walkthroughs/tab-autocomplete#im-not-seeing-any-completions

This caught me, as I assumed the tabAutocompleteOptions.disable = false would be sufficient until I checked the IDE settings for Continue. Autocomplete is now working

[timbit123]

I have the same issue in phpstorm 2024.1.3 continue 0.0.50 I do see the gpu working but nothing is showing up also there is an error showing up but I do have git working and configured in the settings and vscode is working fine

[sestinj]

@bjester very good to know! Already made the change for the next release where it will be default on

[sestinj]

@timbit123 Do you have git installed in wsl?

This is an error that I can solve separately, but in the meantime that is the workaround it looks like

[timbit123]

I do have git installed in wsl and windows and also configured in phpstorm

[sh-TU]

@sestinj i didn't. I thought the tabAutocompleteOptions.disable = false is sufficient as well. Enabling that works now. Thank you

[timbit123]

@sestinj do you want me to create a ticket separately?

[LeoLiuYan]

@sestinj HI, why the IDEA version does not have the right-click function item?

[sestinj]

@timbit123 Yes that would be helpful, thank you

[sestinj]

@LeoLiuYan What do you mean by this?

[sheekhajain-TU]

@sestinj i didn't. I thought the tabAutocompleteOptions.disable = false is sufficient as well. Enabling that works now. Thank you

Hi @sestinj .. Esh and I are from the same team. After auto completion code issue was resolved, we started using it using Java Technology on IntelliJ Community edition and bumped into some other issues.

Please find the list of issues that are encountered after integrating the tool with IntelliJ-

1. The code suggestion/completion is quite slow. And most of the time, it provides irrelevant suggestions.

3. After sometime of usage,

i. slowness is observed in IDE.

ii. It stops taking some basic commands also like CTRL+A, navigation from feature file to stepDefinitions using a click.

4. Due to this performance issue, suggestions are getting duplicated

5. Multiple IDE errors are thrown.Example-

We need to restart the IDE multiple times due to above mentioned issues.

Request you to look into these issues and help us with the resolution.

[sheekhajain-TU]

Hi @sestinj .. Did you get chance to look into these issues?

[sestinj]

@sheekhajain-TU Yes, thank you for the detailed reports! I've actually just released a new version (0.0.53), which should resolve a number of these problems.

It would be helpful to hear how the new version improves things for you, and what problems you still run into. I'll be focusing a lot on JetBrains this week, so hopefully can address any feedback you have.

It would also be helpful to know which LLM you are using for autocomplete, as this can make a big difference in the quality of suggestions.

[sheekhajain-TU]

Hi @sestinj ..Thanks for the update!! Please find below details:

• OS: Windows 10
• Continue: 0.0.50
• IDE: IntelliJ Community Edition 2024.1.2
• Model Provider: llama.cpp
• Model: starcoder2-3b
• Technology- Java