Re: auto-completion drinks waaaaay too much coffee

[Alexander Kirillov <kirillov math sunysb edu>]

On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 13:21, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> two requests for the developers:
>
> auto-completion is too enthusiastic about its job.  i just spent
> about 20 seconds of trying to enter "E" and gnumeric would keep entering
> "Exact".  it reminded me of a 3 stooges routine.
>
> can the developers provide a config option to turn off or delay auto
> completion?
>
> or maybe something like "it suggests the word but won't use the
> suggestion if you press return and will use the suggestion if you press
> the right arrow or tab".  or something along those lines...

I have filed this same suggestion as request for enhancement in
bugzilla  long ago...

But in recent versions of gnumeric there is a way to turn autocompletion
off for good: from the menubar, choose Format->Workbook and uncheck
"Auto complete text in cells"  

Sasha