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Simon <werling@cedar.de> wrote in message news:<mailman.1034989957.28915.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>...
> Hi guys,
> 
> i am new at the gnu emacs... here´s my newbie question:
> 
> How is the command to complete words in the normal text-mode or C++
> mode?
> 
> I know this function from the nedit, where i start a word like "comp",
> then push Ctrl-SPACE and the word would be completed to "complete".
> 

Hi,
   Just try to press M-/ key or 
   Look at C-h f dabbrev-expand.

   There are other ways to to expand the previously 'defined' items
with abbreviations with 'expand-abbrev'.
  Also look at C-h f hippie-expand.
   

Artist.