Monodevelop suggestions without autocomplete

I’m just starting out with Monodevelop and Unity, and the autocomplete feature of monodevelop is really useful.

I have come up against a problem with it though. If I have a local variable called mode, this sometimes doesn’t appear in the autocomplete list of options, but something from the Unity API like FogMode does. Then if I type mode followed by =2;, it will autocomplete to FogMode=2;.

This has led to me introducing quite a few bugs into my code as my variables are being replaced with other random similar sounding things from the API. Is there a way to keep the useful list of autocomplete suggestions, without having to have one of them added unless I specifically select it from the list?

This pretty much always indicates a syntax error higher up from the place you are having trouble.
Often mismatched {}, () or quotes.

if the compiler doesn’t understand your code it cannot make good suggestions.

(If you are used to Netbeans it actually has a particularly smart AI system called the “fuzzy compiler” that tries to guess and gets it
right a surprising amount of the time, but most IDEs aren’t that sophisticated.)

If you press escape the list goes away, allowing you to type whatever you want.

The answer you seek is contain-ed within these pages

http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/408956/monodevelop-autocorrect-annoyance.html

Ben Stoneman says :

Open "MonoDevelop"
Click "Tools"
Click "Options"
Select "General" under "Text Editor"
Un-check "Enable code completion"

Twice Circled says :

Anyone having this problem in more
recent versions of MonoDevelop, try
switching to “Sugggestion Mode”. Go to
Edit → Toggle Completion Suggestion
Mode.

It only autocompletes if you confirm
with Enter or Tab.