auto-correcting sucks hard

[c2h2]

the auto correcting always convert like ddd -> dd, very annoying, can we disable auto correcting by default?

[pstadler]

unsetopt correct_all

should do it.

[robbyrussell]

You can set some custom overrides for commands you use most often... but this feature will stay on by default (until I'm convinced it's annoying).

Check out this file for more details... you can set overrides in custom to your heart's content.

• https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/master/lib/correction.zsh

[Frost]

I think setopt correct would be a much more sensible default setting. setopt correctall will for example try to automatically correct any word in a command to some file or whatever else it'll find in your autocomplete path (user home-dirs, servers from .ssh/config, etc).

At least it's not autocorrect, or I probably would've started a damnyouzshcorrectall.com site by now ;p

[isimmons]

It is annoying. On Ubuntu I installed 'tree' and then try to run it and it asks every time if I want it to correct to 'tee'. Now why would I want it to do that? :-) Thanks for an awesome shell but spell correct is for word processors, not terminals IMHO.

Thank you for the overrides info.

Thank you pstadler for the line to disable it. Dropped that in my .zshrc file and it turned that annoying thing off.

[sheerun]

It's damn annoying.

[techmaniack]

It is annoying 💩

[hrj]

🐸 Very annoying. Please disable auto correct all by default. I have tens of user profiles and I always get burned by this and it is annoying to have to disable it or to remember to disable it after creating a fresh user profile.

[trobrock]

I really only find this annoying when using bundler binstubs, has anyone found any of of getting the correction system to support binstubs?

[BBonifield]

Agreed that this is annoying. I think the more sensible default would be to have it off.

[tyro89]

Agreed that this is annoying, keeps asking me if I want to correct git status to git stats...

[virtuallybing]

+1

[mikeabiezzi]

+1

[smalltotem]

+1

[jessicard]

+1

[messick]

👍

[ryanneufeld]

+1

[wookiehangover]

👍

[mcfilib]

+1

[twaldecker]

👍

[antitoxic]

Definitely annoying.

[jeffdc]

count me into the annoying camp

[tyro89]

@robbyrussell I think this might be worth taking a look at again.

[paulkoegel]

After a recent oh-my-zsh update i keep getting auto correct suggestions despite having unsetopt correct_all in my .zshrc =(

[mcfilib]

@paulwittmann Likewise. I added the following to mine.

unsetopt correct_all
unsetopt correct

[paulkoegel]

@unsymbol thanks so much, works like a charm!

[bigeasy]

Help! Help! Jane, stop this crazy thing! Jane!

[teddyknox]

+1

[rummik]

@isimmons What's more annoying is that Zsh doesn't pick up on newly installed programs. Try tab-completing something you've just installed

[hrj]

@rummik That's a different issue. You can run rehash to let zsh find newly installed programs or PATH changes.

[matthewrobertson]

👍

[mcfilib]

👍

[messick]

👍

[BBonifield]

@robbyrussell It seems that there is still a number of people that would prefer a change. Are you convinced that it's annoying yet?

[Domon]

👍

[0X1A]

@BBonifield Doubtful, this thread is 2 years old and it's still in.

[messick]

@0X1A We need to stay strong. Change only comes to those who continue to fight for what is right.

[Profpatsch]

👍

[tsalzer]

Please disable or remove autocorrect by default.

[NobbZ]

👍
Am 18.10.2013 17:14 schrieb "Till Salzer" notifications@github.com:

Please disable or remove autocorrect by default.

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Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//issues/534#issuecomment-26603782
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[rummik]

Because it's so hard to type print "unsetopt correct\nunsetopt correct_all" >> ~/.zshrc

[sheerun]

@rummik It's the only thing that annoys me in out of the box oh-my-zsh configuration. And of course it's hard to type, you need to google for it.

[rummik]

@sheerun man zshoptions

[hrj]

It's not just about the inconvenience of changing the defaults. The bigger problem is, the defaults are dangerous! OMZSH changes my command in a very unintuitive and unexpected way. I have, on occasions, deleted files due to this feature when I was new to OMZSH. Luckily, those files were version controlled, and I learnt the options to disable auto correct.

These days, I don't bother installing OMZSH into new user profiles. Of course, since it is open-source, I could fork it. But I am now wary of using such a tool, given that the creators are blind to potentially destructive features.

(sigh) I did like the project once upon a time.

[0X1A]

@hrj I agree with you man, there's been too many times where the autocorrect is something completely unrelated and I press enter out of muscle memory. It's pretty annoying but I don't think it'll end up getting changed anytime soon.

[jakobhans]

+1

[robbyrussell]

Admittedly, I don't think I've seen this thread since I closed it. I typically only look at pull-requests.

Who wants to send one..?

[BBonifield]

@robbyrussell Pull request added, comments appreciated!

[hakusaro]

Thank. God.

[BBonifield]

@robbyrussell Thanks for the quick merge!

[messick]

I feel as a shadow has been lifted from my soul. Our long dark nightmare is finally over! Congratulations everybody!

[jakobhans]

Thank you @robbyrussell and @BBonifield

[mablae]

Awsome! Finally!

[0X1A]

[Drarok]

So this is why auto-correct stopped working!

[unphased]

@Drarok Ha, yeah looks like it.

You know I would leave it on if it was actually smart.

For example:

gitf etch --> git etch

Dammit, be smarter!!

I'm kind of not serious. enabling correction to mess with the arguments is probably not a safe thing to do.

I guess i'm switching it back off now.

[geoyws]

@hrj Hm. Hadn't known about rehash. Seems like a wrapper for various package managers that does a rehash afterward would be handy.

My point was more that @isimmons' problem with completion was because Zsh didn't know about the program he had just installed, so it was correcting him

Wished rehash could be automatically run at some convenient hook someplace.

[sca255]

i like auto correct .
it helped me 1000s of time