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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 358@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#358: dabbrev-abbrev-char-regexp
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:49:53 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <264f932c-e112-42d7-bb9d-d3b26b8b6d7b@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV-_koqkiF6tL++k-oqoCf51b+F6DFpsvKWsPmNvuT+HubA@mail.gmail.com>

> > Of course, the problem here is that we are talking about expanding
> > `yes-or-no-p', which in Lisp is a Lisp symbol.  It would probably
> > be better to talk about using dabbrev in another context, besides
> > Lisp.  Then it would be clearer that we are talking only about
> > symbol vs word syntax.
> 
> As in, use a C example instead?
> 
> For instance, suppose the current buffer is in `c-mode'.  If this
> variable is nil or \"\\\\sw\\\\|\\\\s_\", then expanding
> `debug_print_in_' looks for a symbol starting with
> `debug_print_in_'.  If you set this variable to \"\\\\sw\", that
> expansion looks for a word prefixed with `in_' (e.g., it would
> match `in_range', but not `in_close_range').  If expanding
> `debug_print_in' it would look for a word starting with
> `in' (e.g. `integer')."

Yep. Thx.





  reply	other threads:[~2017-03-23 21:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-04 13:30 bug#358: dabbrev-abbrev-char-regexp Otto Maddox
2008-10-14  1:07 ` Glenn Morris
2008-10-23  1:28   ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-06 17:46     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2017-03-23 18:28 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-03-23 19:42   ` Drew Adams
2017-03-23 20:07     ` Noam Postavsky
2017-03-23 20:24       ` Drew Adams
2017-03-23 20:50         ` Noam Postavsky
2017-03-23 20:58           ` Drew Adams
2017-03-23 21:37             ` Noam Postavsky
2017-03-23 21:49               ` Drew Adams [this message]
2017-03-24 15:19                 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-03-26 13:25                   ` npostavs

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