Re: abbrev-mode: "SF" -> "SourceForge"?

["HS" <hugows@gmail.com>]

On 5 fev, 17:13, Thomas L Roche <tlro...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> I'm using
>
> GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, X toolkit) of 2004-03-22 on cm-test
>
> and getting back into abbrev-mode after a long absence. I notice that
> when I have
>
>     ("sf" "SourceForge" nil 0)
> ;    ("SF" "SourceForge" nil 0)
>
> in my .abbrev_defs, I get
>
> "sf" -> "SourceForge"
> "SF" -> "SOURCEFORGE"
>
> By contrast, when I have
>
> ;    ("sf" "SourceForge" nil 0)
>     ("SF" "SourceForge" nil 0)
>
> in my .abbrev_defs, I get no mapping, i.e.
>
> "SF" -> "SF"
>
> Can I configure emacs to give the mapping
>
> "SF" -> "SourceForge"
>
> ? Apologies if this is a FAQ, but I'm not seeing an answer either in
> the Info or the FAQ or googling. Please reply directly to me (as well
> as the list) if possible, feel free to forward, and TIA.

I just found this in the customize buffer:

Abbrev All Caps: Hide Value Toggle  off (nil)
   State: STANDARD.
Set non-nil means expand multi-word abbrevs all caps if abbrev was so.

Try this, maybe it solves your problem... You can get there doing a M-
x customize-group, abbrev-mode.

Cheers,
HS