From: Brett Randall <brett.randall@gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 42611@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42611: 26.3; edit-abbrevs lets me type and commit, but doesn't store anywhere and abbrevs don't work
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:22:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cae78cb79982d59b94d17218f2dff4d6@frontapp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d014gc3h.fsf@gnus.org>
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Thanks Lars, it works now that I understand the formatting requirement. Appreciate your help.
Brett
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On October 27, 2020, 10:08 PM GMT+11 larsi@gnus.org wrote:
Brett Randall <brett.randall@gmail.com> writes:
>> 1 emacs -Q
>> 2 M-x edit-abbrevs
>> 3 Scroll to last line - (global-abbrev-table)
>> 4 Append: "dfn" 0 "definition"
>> 5 C-c C-c (removes "modified" flag)
>> 6 C-x k
>> 7 M-x edit-abbrevs
>> 8 Scroll down to last line - abbreviation is not there
> Thanks.
> The format of that buffer is very specific, though. The entries must be
> on the format:
> (global-abbrev-table)
> "def" 0 "definition"
> with one blank line between the name of the section and the start of the
> definitions; neither more nor less. If you do it that way, does the
> mode work for you?
> In any case, I don't quite see why it's that strict about the format: It
> should just grok all the lines between the sections, I think?
> --
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
> bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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2020-07-30 4:01 bug#42611: 26.3; edit-abbrevs lets me type and commit, but doesn't store anywhere and abbrevs don't work Brett Randall
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2020-10-27 11:19 ` bug#42611: (no subject) Lars Ingebrigtsen
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2020-10-27 22:22 ` Brett Randall [this message]
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2020-05-21 16:56 bug#41438: [PATCH] Allow windmove keys to be bound without prefix or modifiers Philip K.
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2020-05-22 19:15 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-23 22:12 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-26 19:46 ` Philip K.
2020-06-27 23:53 ` Juri Linkov
2020-06-28 8:30 ` Philip K.
2020-06-28 23:37 ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-05 18:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-05 23:40 ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-06 9:28 ` Philip K.
2020-08-06 23:43 ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-07 10:53 ` Philip K.
2020-08-08 23:54 ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-12 20:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-12 21:27 ` Philip Kaludercic
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2021-05-23 6:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2021-05-25 11:16 ` Arthur Miller
2021-05-25 11:42 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-05-25 13:31 ` Arthur Miller
2021-05-25 14:39 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-05-25 11:36 ` Arthur Miller
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2021-05-25 13:58 ` Arthur Miller
2021-05-25 19:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-25 19:16 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-25 19:25 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-05-25 20:18 ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-25 21:45 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-05-26 21:35 ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-27 11:09 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-05-30 22:11 ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-31 8:50 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-05-31 20:15 ` Juri Linkov
2021-05-31 21:27 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-06-03 20:36 ` Juri Linkov
2019-04-21 19:30 bug#35367: 26.2; `dired-copy-how-to-fn' and HOW-TO arg of `dired-create-files' Drew Adams
2019-07-09 14:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-11 5:51 ` Mike Kupfer
2019-07-11 14:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-11 14:18 ` Drew Adams
2019-07-12 3:20 ` Mike Kupfer
2019-07-12 3:33 ` Drew Adams
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