Word Completion

TextMate-style document word completion for Nova.

Type the start of a word and press Control-Escape. The word before the cursor
is replaced with the next matching word that already appears in the document.
Press Control-Escape again to cycle through more matches; after the last one
it cycles back to what you originally typed.

Features

• Searches forward from the cursor, then wraps to the top of the document.
• De-duplicates matches.
• Smart case: matching is case-sensitive only when your prefix contains an
  uppercase letter.
• The cycle restarts automatically as soon as you move the cursor or edit text.
• Pure editor-API insertion — nothing is typed or simulated.

Usage

Place the cursor at the end of a partial word and press Control-Escape. The
Complete Word command is also available in the editor's contextual menu.

Changing the shortcut

Open Nova ▸ Settings ▸ Key Bindings, search for Complete Word, and assign
whatever shortcut you prefer.

Changelog

1.0

Initial release. TextMate-style document word completion bound to
Control-Escape: replaces the word before the cursor with the next matching
word already in the document and cycles on repeated presses — searching forward
then wrapping, de-duplicated, with smart case. Insertion goes through Nova's edit
API, so nothing is typed or simulated.

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