From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: last-abbrev-location Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 08:19:02 -0600 (CST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200402241419.i1OEJ2x21916@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200402240437.i1O4brQ20503@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077632586 16988 80.91.224.253 (24 Feb 2004 14:23:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:23:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 24 15:22:55 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AvdSY-0004lF-00 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:22:54 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AvdSY-0007MP-00 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:22:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AvdRg-0000mX-IP for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:22:00 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AvdR6-0000l7-Sh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:21:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AvdQC-0000RR-N9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:21:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AvdPY-0008Mt-7R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:19:48 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1OEJiKt013499; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 08:19:44 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id i1OEJ2x21916; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 08:19:02 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu In-reply-to: <200402240437.i1O4brQ20503@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:37:53 -0600 (CST)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20155 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20155 >>From my previous message: Unlike `abbrev-start-location', which is a marker, `last-abbrev-location' is just a buffer position, an integer. Is there a reason for this? It seems to cause problems. Maybe, on second thought, it might give compatibility problems if one tried to change this now. Maybe `unexpand-abbrev' is only intended to be used after having typed a few extra characters _after_ the epanded abbrev, in which case the problems described in my previous message do not occur. Maybe the only problem is that its docstring does not make that sufficiently clear. Sincerely, Luc.