From: Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: abbrev definition (manual)
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 08:18:46 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <A69798DA-9B25-459F-A07E-D4AFAF8C2DD6@gmail.com> (raw)
I find the manual explanation for the definition of an abbrev confusing:
The usual way to define an abbrev is to enter the text you want the abbrev to expand to, position point after it, and type C-x a g (add-global-abbrev). This reads the abbrev itself using the minibuffer, and then defines it as an abbrev for one or more words before point. Use a numeric argument to say how many words before point should be taken as the expansion. For example, to define the abbrev ‘foo’ as mentioned above, insert the text ‘find outer otter’ and then type C-u 3 C-x a g f o o RET.
What about that:
The usual way to define an abbrev is to enter the text you want the abbrev to expand to, position point after it, and type C-x a g (add-global-abbrev). Use a numeric argument to say how many words before point should be taken as the expansion. This prompts for the abbrev itself in the minibuffer, and then defines it as an abbrev for the words specified before point. For example, to define the abbrev 'foo' as mentioned above, insert the text 'find outer otter' and then type C-u 3 C-x a g f o o RET.
Jean-Christophe
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2017-07-25 23:18 Jean-Christophe Helary [this message]
2017-07-26 7:00 ` abbrev definition (manual) Colin Baxter
2017-07-26 14:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
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