I'm using 12.0.0 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit), and the autocomplete feature is a bit of a mess. In previous versions I used to be able to type Ta and hit the tab key, and this was autocompleted into Table, an extremely useful tool. But now the ordering of the autocomplete suggestions is rather bad, for the first suggestion is TableForm instead of Table, and I see myself going back to fix things all the time. Is there any way to set up a preferred set of commands for the autocomplete feature? If this could be done automatically (say, order by frequency of usage) that'd be great, but even a manual choice of priority would be better than the current ordering.
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asked Dec 4, 2019 at 13:37
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I've just tried your exact example on Win10-64 and MMA 12 and Ta + tab in fact autocompletes to Table in my system. You may try deleting your autocompletion history.
You can find that here:
FileNameJoin[{
$UserBaseDirectory,
"SystemFiles\\FrontEnd\\SystemResources\\FunctionalFrequency\\AutocompletionHistory.m"}
]
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1$\begingroup$ @AccidentalFourierTransform Yes, they should be! I fixed it; thank you for pointing that out. $\endgroup$– MarcoBCommented Dec 4, 2019 at 17:18
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2$\begingroup$ An OS independent way to create the file name is to use:
FileNameJoin[{ $UserBaseDirectory, "SystemFiles", "FrontEnd", "SystemResources", "FunctionalFrequency", "AutocompletionHistory.m"} ]$\endgroup$ Commented Dec 4, 2019 at 17:23 -
$\begingroup$ Thanks. Unfortunaltely, this didn't work. BTW, could you try with
Cl? This used to autocomplete intoClear, but now it becomesCloudDeploy! (I've never used this function, not even sure what it does...) $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 4, 2019 at 17:24 -
$\begingroup$ @AccidentalFourierTransform
Clautocompletes toClearAllon my system; that makes sense to me, since I useClearAllmuch more often thanClear. IndeedClearAllappears in my AutocompletionHistory.m file associated with a higher value thanClear. I take that value to indicate priority. $\endgroup$– MarcoBCommented Dec 4, 2019 at 17:41 -
$\begingroup$ @MarcoB any indication as to if you can deliberately mark one suggestion high than the others, in order to brute-force a solution to this? $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 5, 2019 at 5:17