Hello, is there a way to completely turn off the help while coding? I am learning coding with C on the web-browser and I turned off AI Help in the bottom left, but every time I open a parentheses it auto prints a closing parentheses. This is really inconvenient and slows me down considerably. I believe this is called a ghostwriter? Is there any way to disable this?
Hello @c1lynch10!
No, this is not called Ghostwriter, it is called Code Intelligence. You can turn this off by:
- Opening a new tab, typing User Settings, and opening it
- Scroll down until you get to Code Intelligence
- Turn off the slider
You can see whether code intelligence is on by looking at the icon beside the file’s name:
I hope this helps!
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I have turned off Code Intelligence, but it still automatically prints the closing parentheses once you type the opening parentheses.
I don’t believe that can be disabled, there’s not a toggle for it. Perhaps make a Feature Requests?
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Actually, isn’t this a really helpful tool? Quotes and brackets automatically close, along with things like HTML tags. In what way is it inconvenient?
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It is up to preference and especially experience, and there is preference for virtually anything you can think of.
In a few situations, the automatic quotes or brackets can screw someone up.
These are the examples I can think of:
Especially when editing strings, I often have to fight with the auto-complete. (I don’t have a specific example but it happens quite commonly).
If a semicolon must be used at the end of a line, then bracket autocomplete often saves no typing, possibly even being confusing for some.
Often, removing brackets is a hassle when the autocomplete removes a bracket wrongly.
Indentation would be a part of this, and I know replit gets it wrong sometimes in python.
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Personally, since I am learning C I want to receive no help at all from the IDE. I could use something else besides replit but I really like replit. I also find it inconvenient to use the arrow keys or mouse while coding to get past it. I know I can just type the closing pair when I want to close it and it won’t print another, it will just go to the right side of the one the IDE auto-completed, but looking at the closing pair while my cursor is to the left of it messes up my groove xD
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They already did that, that’s not what this help request was for: