whats-a-monad · 2022-06-11 10:04
dabbrev is pretty much the best autocompletion ...
fftw · 2022-06-11 15:43
This seems to be a fine question for r/vscode, but prepare with featurelist of dabbrev for those heretics
[deleted] · 2022-06-11 21:22
[deleted]
tsma9 · 2022-06-20 04:12
How about "dabbrev-expand" ?
[vscode marketplace: dabbrev-expand](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kiwanamie.dabbrev-expand)
Strange_Jicama_1231 · 2022-07-19 07:16
This was added as a built-in option, Editor: Word Based Suggestions, but it's computed as part of IntelliSense-like suggestions so is slow, \[might not show if it has "better" suggestions\]([https://stackoverflow.com/a/55219340/239657](https://stackoverflow.com/a/55219340/239657)), and pops up a list you have to select from, whereas I prefer dabbrev's display of one closest completion and repeated presses replacing with more distant ones.
So it's still worth installing an extension for fast dabbrev expansions, and only them. I also tried https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=cvzakharchenko.unabbreviate but I'm not sure it works well across buffers, dabbrev-expand linked by tsma9 seems better at that?