Re: Dictionary Completion of Capitalized Words

Gary Johnson wrote:

> Typing part of a word, then using Ctrl-X Ctrl-K to complete the word
> from entries in a dictionary works fine as long as the word (not
> a proper noun) is all lower case. But when a word that is lower
> case in the dictionary is capitalized when typed, as at the start of
> a sentence or in a title, completion from the dictionary fails.
>
> Is there a way to have Ctrl-X Ctrl-K complete a capitalized word
> even though it is not capitalized in the dictionary?
>
> Example:
>
> cornu<C-X><C-K> expands to cornucopia (or cornucopias), but
> Cornu<C-X><C-K> results in E486 Pattern not found.
>
> I'm using Vim 8.2.4127 in a terminal on Linux.

You can set 'ignorecase' to find matches. It's not clever though, it
will then remove the capital letter.

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