Autocomplete occurs at periods without tab, changing the term

[AshlinHarris]

Adding a period . after a word immediately engages the autocomplete, without tab being pressed. Additionally, the word may be changed to a different one (for instance, abc. is autocorrected to AbstractSet.).

This video shows a few examples of the behavior (which can be replicated in a new Pluto notebook):
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3ca83d2b-ed93-4c15-b7a8-695fc396989e

I think this behavior is probably unintended. If not, a toggle to disable it would be greatly appreciated!

(My current use case involves a library of macros built on top of FunSQL syntax, so the words I type shouldn't generally be replaced with something that exists in the namespace).

• This issue occurs in Pluto v0.20.22 and later but not in v0.20.21.
• I tested a few other characters, but only . has this behavior.

[fonsp]

Hi @AshlinHarris !

Could you give some real examples where the . autocomplete completed something unintentional? Your video is an example where q or Q are not defined, so the completion makes sense (VS Code does the same).

[AshlinHarris]

Hi @AshlinHarris !

Could you give some real examples where the . autocomplete completed something unintentional? Your video is an example where q or Q are not defined, so the completion makes sense (VS Code does the same).

The following example comes from the FunSQL README:

@funsql begin
    from(person)
    filter(1930 <= year_of_birth <= 1940)
    join(
        from(location).filter(state == "IL").as(location),
        on = location_id == location.location_id)
    left_join(
        from(visit_occurrence).group(person_id).as(visit_group),
        on = person_id == visit_group.person_id)
    select(
        person_id,
        latest_visit_date => visit_group.max(visit_start_date))
end

It includes a couple words that contain a period: location.location_id and visit_group.person_id. In each case, these refer to a SQL "table" and column unrelated to the namespace, and the syntax is parsed by FunSQL. Attempting to type these in Pluto ≥0.20.22 would cause location and visit_group to be replaced with something unrelated from the namespace.

The current behavior causes q to be completed as quote and Q to be completed as Quicksort. It also replaces abc with AbstractSet, in this case serving as an autocorrect rather than an autocomplete. This feature could be surprising to some users.

A toggle to disable this behavior (autcomplete outside of Tab being pressed) would fix the issue for my use case.