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A feature where a program proposes the user to complete a text input based on what the user started to type. Autocomplete proposes the most likely string input.

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ZSH and Git autocompletion: Same configuration, different behaviors

I've searched Google/Super User for a while and I couldn't find any problemas similar to what's happening to me, so I decided to ask a question. My problem is the following: I have the same zsh/...
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Interactive, incremental fuzzy search for files/directories in Bash?

I have tried with z and fasd but none of them seem to provide an incremental fuzzy search like what I have in vim via CtrlP. Is there such a utility for Bash? I need to navigate to different files/...
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iterm2's drop-down auto command complete doesn't work on remote sessions

On remote hosts via ssh the cmd + ; command works in displaying part of the suggested command but the "Auto Command Completion" feature doesn't. How can I make the shown feature here work on remote ...
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Keyboard shortcut to select item from Excel autocomplete list

If I am entering some formula, the following dropdown appears: How to finish it with one keystroke? How to remember it? I've tried ENTER, Ctrl+ENTER, Shift+ENTER, the same combinations with SPACE, ...
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Intellij AutoComplete import could not find java.util.HashMap

I am using Intellij version.2013.3.4 (built on January 31, 2017) on OSX. The problem is when I using HashMap, it never find java.util.HashMap. Is this only happens to me ? Since I am using HashMap ...
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My computer is changing text "a la" to "à la"

I am using Windows 10 aniversary edition, and every time I type the Spanish words "a la" it is changing to the French "à la". My main language is set to Spanish and the region is set up to Spain. ...
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Autocompleting/expanding text in Microsoft Word 2010

I'm creating a technical document using Microsoft Word 2010 in Windows 7. I have various pieces of long technical terminology that I regularly use, and typing this jargon manually hundreds of times ...
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How to disable desktop Chrome inline auto-complete?

This is when you type "the" and suddenly "the thing I was looking for yesterday" shows up in the address bar so that when you hit Enter it searches for the thing you searched for yesterday not the ...
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How can I ignore autocomplete with a keyboard shortcut in Excel?

Let's say you type the following in Column A Row 1: 1| Brown Fox Now you hit Enter. If you type just Brown into Column A Row 2, you'll get autocomplete (assuming you haven't disabled it): 1| Brown ...
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How can I help Safari's autocomplete find the right site

The site I visit most often is umich.instructure.com. Unfortunately, that page then loads several resources from urls in the form umich.instructure.com/_____. For whatever reason, Safari now assumes ...
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Preventing all autocomplete suggestions in Opera's address bar

I would like the address/search bar of my Opera browser to not make any suggestions to me as I write in urls or search queries. I find them highly distracting. I tried solutions in an (much) older ...
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How many entries can autocomplete in Excel 2013 handle?

When typing a text entry into a cell which already exists in a row above, Excel supports autocomplete (while you type), so you only need to type "al" to get "alpha": My question is: How many lines ...
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How can I get html completion in JSP files in Atom?

In atom html is autocompleted (markups, properties, etc...) when editing .html files. Is there a way I can get the same when editing .jsp files ? NB: https://atom.io/packages/autocomplete-jsp doesn't ...
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How to remove Search autofill in Chrome?

It has already been asked about removing autofill URL entries in Chrome: How to remove one or all auto-complete text entries in Chrome? In my case the question is how to remove the autofill SEARCH ...
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Google Chrome autocompletion search in address bar not working

After clearing all cookies and cache on my Google Chrome, Google Chrome's auto-completion in the omnibox is no longer working 100% fine. It gives recent related searches and related history items in ...
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Prevent deleting newly typed url's

Can someone please let me know how i can prevent a limited user in windows 7 from deleting newly typed url's in internet explorer or any other browser by just pointing to the url and pressing the "...
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Prevent character or word auto-corrections in Microsoft Word

Is there a way to prevent Microsoft Word 2010 from making any auto-corrections. Here's one example, that causes issues when creating technical documentation for server build scripts. Copy and ...
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ZSH auto-completion help not triggering for custom command options beginning with "--"

I often use the gencomp command with RobSis's zsh-completion-generator to generate ZSH completion definitions, and it works great for the most part! There is, however, one small caveat that I have ...
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Vim buffer name autocompletion not working after first directory

I have a problem with Vim Autocompletion behavior for buffer names. Target Soft/OS I'm using gVim without plugins on Windows 10 What I would like to do Assuming we have a file tree like : a b > ...
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Is there a way to set default tab completions in a linux terminal?

A single table auto-completes if there is only one option amflare:~$ cd t [tab] est-dir/ amflare:~/test-dir/$ Double tab displays all option if there is more then one amflare:~$ cd t [tab][tab] ...
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Enable autocomplete for both HTML and JavaScript in the same file in Atom editor?

When I use Atom editor and write a small script inside an .html file I don't get autocomplete the way I do in a .js file, due to the language of the file being set to HTML. When I switch it to ...
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Chrome autocompleted fields not recognized

Is Chrome auto-complete actually a total mess or am I just using it wrong? Been having issues where I'll go to a web page, Chrome appears to do a good job of auto-completing fields (edit boxes?) for ...
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Eclipse Neon Content Assist has no proposals for JavaScript

Bottom Line Up Front: Eclipse Neon content assist (Ctrl+space) does not offer any proposals for my JavaScript code. Here's a screenshot: Here is what I've checked so far: JSDT has been installed &...
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Chrome tab search no longer works on some sites

I've used Chrome for years. One of my favorite features is that once you've been to a site with a search, you can later type the site name and hit tab to search from the omnibox. For instance on ...
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Excel - Using one drop-down list to populate other drop-down lists

I have a sheet consisting of about 10 drop down lists (among other fields). I want to create a master drop-down list, which would populate some of the other drop-down lists and/or other fields based ...
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Excel - Using a drop-down list to populate other drop-down lists

I have a sheet consisting of about 10 drop down lists (among other fields). I want to create a master drop-down list, which would populate some of the other drop-down lists and/or other fields based ...
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How to show fish shell completions in a menu and window pressing tab

Currently fish shell (2.3.1) shows the completion list after pressing Tab. You can navigate through the list using the arrow keys or Tab. If possible, how can I show the completion list in a pop menu ...
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Integrating script with git autocomplete

I have an extremely simple bash script I use quite a bit when I'm working with Git and Pods: #!/bin/sh branch=$1 git checkout $branch && pod install However, my branch names are sometimes a ...
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Why are all my adress bar suggestions disappeared in Google Chrome?

When you have ever visited a site in Google Chrome, it saves the URL as a suggestion for auto-complete. For example: I've ever visited youtube.com and since then I can just type the y in the adress ...
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How to config YouCompleteMe for C language?

Recently, I installed YouCompleteMe and I'm new user in it. I read installation instructions from this link: http://valloric.github.io/YouCompleteMe. Now, I can use it for python and etc, but I can't ...
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Linux `apt-get install` with no candidate packages fails, but `apt-get remove` working normally

I have installed bash-completion by apt-get install bash-completion and then I set source /etc/share/bash-completion/completion in ~/.bashrc. apt-get inst + Tab becomes apt-get install, but when I ...
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Chrome: autocomplete domain first?

Firefox usually decides to be smart about this, and it actually works fairly well. Lets say you have a google search cached. In Firefox, you can start typing in the address bar and it will only ...
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Ctrl+space autocompletion for TernJS (ST3)

I have a problem getting Ctrl+space autocompletion working per TernJS description (Sublime Text 3). Autocompletion as such seems to work, because if I define bbb variable as string per below, type .t,...
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Stop zsh incorporating /etc/hosts in autocomplete

I added loads of entries to my /etc/hosts file to aid in adblocking and tracking on the internet (a list I got from github https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts). However, zsh now incorporates all the ...
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Mobile-like Autocomplete for Chrome

One area I feel mobile keyboards excel over their physical counterparts is the ability to autocomplete, autocorrect, and offer word predictions. Yet it feels like something similar should be ...
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Disable autocomplete hints on iTerm2

I would like to disable the autocomplete history things that come up on the iTerm, as shown in the picture below: I would like to get rid of the blue hint that comes up when I start typing a command ...
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Run command on tab completion in zsh

I'm trying to set up a zsh function that will take me back to the top level git directory with an optional argument to move relative to that directory. I've currently got this which works: alias ...
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zsh cd tab completion matching

I'm trying out zsh and there's a tab-completion behavior that I'm finding annoying: It seems that if I type cd str and hit TAB, it will auto complete with *str*. For example, cd pl TAB results in an ...
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Disable autocomplete in LibreOffice Calc

Autocomplete can be nice, but for me it's usually not what I want in LibreOffice Calc. Is there a way to disable it?
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How to change priority of Chrome's URL autocomplete [duplicate]

Let's say I frequently visit www.mydomain.co.uk Chrome quite rightly suggests this URL when I begin to type "myd" Now, I am very often going to www.mydomain.co.uk/directory - Chrome presumably has ...
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Vim: unexpected behavior of c-n in insert mode

When I press Ctrln in insert mode to insert the next matching word, my cursor jumps to the next blank line instead. This happens only to a .markdown file as far as I can tell. I didn't map c-n to ...
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Bash completion: filter out backup (~) files

I would like bash to filter out backup files, with a name ending in ~ (tilde), when auto-completing filenames. I have written a script to set this when using vim (I have very little experience with ...
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excel, auto sorting/deleting columns that are far apart

I have a long list of people with specific criteria, and i need either a macro, or a function in the background that every month when i update this list (delete old and coy paste info in thats new) ...
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Webstorm 2016.1 Autocomplete without Ctrl + Space not working

I am not sure if this was a change in one of the recent updates but I no longer get autocompletion suggestions as I type things like css selectors in a .css file or js function completion when typing ...
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Autocomplete errors on internal exchange emails

We recently switched the company from a hosted exchange to our own Exschange 2016 server. When we moved everything over we would get bouncebacks on internal emails. I found the cause of this to be ...
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Stop autocompleting in markdown files in Atom

I'm having trouble writing my markdown in Atom. As it is autocompleting from source files in the project. Note that I have https://atom.io/packages/language-markdown installed. Is there a way to turn ...
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Restrict Outlook auto-complete to Global Address Book ONLY

I possibly know the outcome to this problem, but I've been asked to investigate anyway. I work in a law firm that has a lot of very sensitive information. Occasionally, an under-pressure-super-busy ...
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How to get bash-style autocompletion in zsh, (for git command)

I switched to zsh and find it better than bash, but I have a problem with oh-my-zsh's (hereafter "OMZ") autocomplete feature. When I type git chec, OMZ completes that to git check; in bash it gets ...
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bash autocomplete fails with wildcard

Using bash on this this system: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u4 (2016-02-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux The sequence: cd /tmp touch test1.txt && touch test2.txt && ...
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Adding path delimiter on autocomplete in Windows cmd

In the Terminal on OSX, when you press Tab to autocomplete a directory name, a / delimiter gets added for you, so you can immediately type your next entry. Is there a way to have the same behavior ...
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