# Should help.autocorrect be on by default? 2 messages from 2021-09-30 to 2021-09-30. Participants: Brian Bartels, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/56616 ## Brian Bartels, 2021-09-30 17:15 Subject: Should help.autocorrect be on by default? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAEWW4VdL0N9DmJ7jwGY0WNN6SR75v-RR2HU-uFn7qDkod8o7Sg%40mail.gmail.com ``` This would save developers precious inner loop time. I looked at the code and it already handles cases where the environment isn't interactive. So this should be a pretty minor configuration change. Let me know what you think, Brian ``` ## Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, 2021-09-30 23:16 Subject: Re: Should help.autocorrect be on by default? Message-ID: <875yuhtzpz.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/875yuhtzpz.fsf%40evledraar.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Sep 30 2021, Brian Bartels wrote: > This would save developers precious inner loop time. I looked at the > code and it already handles cases where the environment isn't > interactive. So this should be a pretty minor configuration change. > > Let me know what you think, > Brian I haven't looked myself, but it's very informative to browse the list archives at https://lore.kernel.org/git/ (search for help.autocorrect) to see if this has been brought up before, whether there were any arguments for/against, or if it was just an arbitrary (or careful due to a new feature) default at the time. That and trying your hand at flipping the default via a patch, running the tests, seeing if any fail & fixing them is also a good way to both get the ball rolling, and to discover any past opinions about what should/shouldn't be the default added as code/tests at the time. ```