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Mini_auto_complete=true is amazing! Why is it undocumented?

#1

So I’ve just discovered this undocumented setting from: https://github.com/SublimeText/PackageDev/blob/master/Package/Sublime%20Text%20Settings/Preferences.sublime-settings-hints.

I’ve been using it for a couple of days, and I instantly got addicted to it. Up 'till now (years) I’ve always found that the completions pop-up used to show up way too often. It distracted me quite a bit, to the point that I had set "auto_complete_delay": 200 only as a way to mitigate that, but it never really worked out.

In my settings now I have:

    // Show the first completion candidate as a phantom.
    // Experimental since 4057.
    "mini_auto_complete": true, // undocumented
    "auto_complete_delay": 0,

…and I feel I can type faster and I’m less distracted. This was a game changer for me. I understand it’s an experimental setting, but it’s shame that something this good is hidden and basically unknown. I think it should be advertised more.

Can we at least have it disabled by default but listed in Preferences.sublime-text? Or are there major drawbacks I should be aware of?

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#2

Thank you for sharing! I played around with it a little bit, and it seems quite helpful for me as well. However, I was unable to commit the auto completion by pressing Tab. I am not sure if this is intentional, or if it is not currently compatible with "auto_complete_commit_on_tab": true,.

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