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Re: Content Assist

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From Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
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Subject Re: Content Assist
Date Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:41:56 -0700
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bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> writes:

> Is there a generic term for when a code editor makes suggestions for you to "fill in the blank" when you're typing code?
>
> I've heard all of these terms:
>
> Content Assist
> Word completion
> Intellisense

Emacs has a similar-sounding feature called "dynamic
abbreviations".  I haven't used any of the other features listed
above so I don't know how similar it really is.

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Content Assist bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-10-05 14:10 -0700
  Re: Content Assist Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> - 2012-10-05 14:41 -0700

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