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Just a correction, my example was from a zsh plugin which imitates a built-in fish feature. Also, said feature is different from ctrl+r, which all 3 shells still have.

This one suggests possible completions as you type, so it's a passive feature, compared to ctrl+r which is more active and requires explicit action to work.

And yes, I agree that the whole purpose is to write faster, not to write smarter. I'd maybe add cleaner too, because unless you auto format your code, people often don't write the best by default.



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