demo/changemode.html

<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>CodeMirror: Mode-Changing Demo</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../lib/codemirror.css">
    <script src="../lib/codemirror.js"></script>
    <script src="../mode/javascript/javascript.js"></script>
    <script src="../mode/scheme/scheme.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../doc/docs.css">

    <style type="text/css">
      .CodeMirror {border: 1px solid black;}
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>CodeMirror: Mode-Changing demo</h1>

    <form><textarea id="code" name="code">
;; If there is Scheme code in here, the editor will be in Scheme mode.
;; If you put in JS instead, it'll switch to JS mode.

(define (double x)
  (* x x))
</textarea></form>

<p>On changes to the content of the above editor, a (crude) script
tries to auto-detect the language used, and switches the editor to
either JavaScript or Scheme mode based on that.</p>

<script>
  var editor = CodeMirror.fromTextArea(document.getElementById("code"), {
    mode: "scheme",
    lineNumbers: true,
    matchBrackets: true,
    tabMode: "indent",
    onChange: function() {
      clearTimeout(pending);
      setTimeout(update, 400);
    }
  });
  var pending;
  function looksLikeScheme(code) {
    return !/^\s*\(\s*function\b/.test(code) && /^\s*[;\(]/.test(code);
  }
  function update() {
    editor.setOption("mode", looksLikeScheme(editor.getValue()) ? "scheme" : "javascript");
  }
</script>
  </body>
</html>