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<h2>Autocomplete Demo</h2>
<form><textarea id="code" name="code">
function getCompletions(token, context) {
  var found = [], start = token.string;
  function maybeAdd(str) {
    if (str.indexOf(start) == 0) found.push(str);
  }
  function gatherCompletions(obj) {
    if (typeof obj == "string") forEach(stringProps, maybeAdd);
    else if (obj instanceof Array) forEach(arrayProps, maybeAdd);
    else if (obj instanceof Function) forEach(funcProps, maybeAdd);
    for (var name in obj) maybeAdd(name);
  }

  if (context) {
    // If this is a property, see if it belongs to some object we can
    // find in the current environment.
    var obj = context.pop(), base;
    if (obj.className == "js-variable")
      base = window[obj.string];
    else if (obj.className == "js-string")
      base = "";
    else if (obj.className == "js-atom")
      base = 1;
    while (base != null && context.length)
      base = base[context.pop().string];
    if (base != null) gatherCompletions(base);
  }
  else {
    // If not, just look in the window object and any local scope
    // (reading into JS mode internals to get at the local variables)
    for (var v = token.state.localVars; v; v = v.next) maybeAdd(v.name);
    gatherCompletions(window);
    forEach(keywords, maybeAdd);
  }
  return found;
}
</textarea></form>

<p>Press <strong>ctrl-space</strong> to activate autocompletion. Built
on top of the <a href="../doc/manual.html#addon_show-hint"><code>show-hint</code></a>
and <a href="../doc/manual.html#addon_javascript-hint"><code>javascript-hint</code></a>
addons.</p>

    <script>
      var editor = CodeMirror.fromTextArea(document.getElementById("code"), {
        lineNumbers: true,
        extraKeys: {"Ctrl-Space": "autocomplete"},
        mode: {name: "javascript", globalVars: true}
      });
    </script>
  </article>