Company mode and JavaScript (can't find company-js)
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Hi! I was just wondering why there doesn't seem to be a (apologies if this is answered already- a search for "javascript" in discussion did not yield helpful results) |
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Update: the vanilla |
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Hi! Only a minority of the built-in backends are language-specific ones. And we often try to migrate those into the respective major modes (as has already happened with company-elisp and company-css). For JavaScript, you can keep using one of the built-in ones (dabbrev-code or etags) if it's a smaller project and/or you know how to generate a TAGS file (and like that approach, which it not everyone's cup of tea), or install one of the available LSP clients for richer experience (eglot or lsp-mode): they plug into Company for completion UI. |
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Note that using an LSP client also comes with the requirement to install an appropriate language server. |
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Ok- thanks for the explanation and the pointers |
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Hi! Only a minority of the built-in backends are language-specific ones. And we often try to migrate those into the respective major modes (as has already happened with company-elisp and company-css).
For JavaScript, you can keep using one of the built-in ones (dabbrev-code or etags) if it's a smaller project and/or you know how to generate a TAGS file (and like that approach, which it not everyone's cup of tea), or install one of the available LSP clients for richer experience (eglot or lsp-mode): they plug into Company for completion UI.