Avoid auto-period character after quick type space in Sublime Text 3

Question

I've noticed that in Sublime Text 3, that if I type a word and then double-space quickly after I'm done entering the word in, it automatically places a period after the word

Something like

obj + two spacebar keystrokes

will result in

obj.

I've looked through the preferences and I see all the auto_complete keys, but even with auto completed disabled, Sublime persists in added that period. How can I disable this behavior in Sublime?

Answer 1

It's a macOS feature that was added with Sierra

It can be disabled globally via System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text and unchecking Add period with double-space as per the article instructions.

Quite a handy feature for most things but was driving me to distraction trying to edit .md files!

Answer 2

In addition, you can also disable this with the Terminal by executing:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticPeriodSubstitutionEnabled -int 0

If you want to enable it, pass 1.

Answer 3

FYI: this option may also be called "Add full stop with double-space"

Still at: System Preferences > Text