AutocorrectForDevelopers is a multi-platform script which automatically fixes typos using rules tailored for software developers. AutocorrectForDevelopers can be run through AutoHotkey (AHK) or Espanso. The script's rules contain many corrections for common developer words involving keywords, classes, methods, programming languages, and software engineering concepts. This script reduces runtime errors and boosts developer productivity.
Corrections happen automatically as you type:
By default, AutocorrectForDevelopers.ahk runs against all applications (except Microsoft Word), although the script can be customized to enable or disable any application (see the #HotIf/#If statement early in the script).
Install AutoHotkey v2, then run AutocorrectForDevelopers.ahk.
Install Espanso for your platform, then load the match file AutocorrectForDevelopers.yaml.
To match the behavior of the AutoHotkey script, update your Espanso settings to set undo_backspace to false, and append these word_separators to Espanso's default list: "-", "`", "&", "|", "_", "/", "\", "*", "+", "@", "#", "=".
All tests are run as part of GitHub Actions, ensuring that any new rules and updates do not regress existing behavior.
AutoHotkey's official autocorrect script is based in Wikipedia's common misspellings list from 2005. Jim Biancolo ported Wikipedia's list to an AutoHotkey script in 2006 and it has been hosted on AutoHotkey.com since 2007. The original script is widely influential and has been used successfully by many people for years.
AutoCorrect.ahk, shown in yellow, contains many rules for rare words which software engineers are unlikely to need. Also, the official script hasn't seen active development in 15 years and therefore is missing new technology terminology.
AutocorrectForDevelopers.ahk, shown in purple, contains many common software engineering terms which are absent from AutoCorrect.ahk. Because AutocorrectForDevelopers.ahk is developer-centric, it will fix a higher percentage of your typos.
- Languages: AutoHotkey, C, C++, C#, COBOL, CSS, FORTRAN, Go, Java, JavaScript, Julia, Kotlin, Lua, MATLAB, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Rust, Scala, SQL, Swift, Visual Basic
- Programs: GDB, Git, PowerShell, UNIX CLI
- Subjects: algorithms, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, compilers, concurrency, cryptography, databases, distributed systems, linear algebra, machine learning, networking, operating systems, security, statistics, system design
- (more to come!)