Hello Lars. Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Andreas Röhler writes: > >> add-abbrev uses forward-word to catch the expansion, which isn't good >> for programming code. >> >> See >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19073674/how-can-i-add-my-personal-abbreviation-to-emmet-mode-in-emacs/19079683#19079683 >> >> Suggest to use forward-symbol instead, or still better to make if customizable: > > `add-abbrev' doesn't have a doc string itself, but as all the in-tree > callers of this function says: > > --- > Don't use this function in a Lisp program; use `define-abbrev' instead. > --- > > So you probably shouldn't use this programmatically, either. I don't think the OP wanted to use `add-abbrev' in a Lisp program. What I understand is that the problem reported arises when someone wants to add an abbrev for a programming construct (in the example: "") it is likely that `add-abbrev' won't give the entire desired expansion. With that being said, at least in current Emacs it is easy to add that abbrev, by setting the mark and point properly and calling `add-mode-abbrev' with a 0 prefix argument. > However, it's possible that the `forward-word' should perhaps be > changed, but on the other hand, abbrev.el will probably be deprecated > any year now in favour of nabbrev.el, so I don't think it's a good idea What is nabbrev.el? I did a search in what I believe are usual places, but didn't found anything.