* abbreviations
@ 2008-10-17 12:13 Joubert
2008-10-18 6:37 ` abbreviations Ross A. Laird
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From: Joubert @ 2008-10-17 12:13 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
I followed the instructions at the bottom of the page
http://www.acm.caltech.edu/~astern/
but I don't see my abbreviations autocompleting or anything at all for
that matter.
my ctrl -h v load-path returns:
Its value is
("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex" "/usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/
dictionaries-common" "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/autoconf" "/etc/emacs22"
"/etc/emacs" "/usr/local/share/emacs/22.1/site-lisp" "/usr/local/share/
emacs/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/
site-lisp/auctex" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/site-lisp/dictionaries-common" "/
usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/leim" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/url" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/
lisp/textmodes" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/progmodes" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp/play" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/obsolete" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp/net" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/mh-e" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp/mail" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/language" "/usr/share/
emacs/22.1/lisp/international" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/gnus" "/usr/
share/emacs/22.1/lisp/eshell" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/erc" "/usr/
share/emacs/22.1/lisp/emulation" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/emacs-lisp"
"/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/calendar" "/usr/share/emacs/22.1/lisp/calc" "/
usr/share/emacs/22.1/leim")
Can anybody tell me where I should put the abbrev.el file or what is the
problem?
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* Re: abbreviations
2008-10-17 12:13 abbreviations Joubert
@ 2008-10-18 6:37 ` Ross A. Laird
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From: Ross A. Laird @ 2008-10-18 6:37 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Joubert <iamsoooawesome@yahoo.com> writes:
> but I don't see my abbreviations autocompleting or anything at all for
> that matter.
Here's what I do (this may not be the best way to do it...):
I have a file called .abbrev_defs (it can be called anything).
In my .emacs file, I have this:
(setq-default abbrev-mode t)
(read-abbrev-file "~/.abbrev_defs")
I put my abbreviations in this file, eg:
(define-abbrev-table 'global-abbrev-table '( (
("recieving" "receiving" nil 1)
("occurence" "occurrence" nil 1)
("recieves" "receives" nil 1)
("downlaod" "download" nil 1)
("recieve" "receive" nil 2)
("recieved" "received" nil 1)
))
You can also use various keys to add abbreviations (from the info file
for autocomplete):
`C-x a g'
Define an abbrev, using one or more words before point as its
expansion (`add-global-abbrev').
`C-x a l'
Similar, but define an abbrev specific to the current major mode
(`add-mode-abbrev').
`C-x a i g'
Define a word in the buffer as an abbrev
(`inverse-add-global-abbrev').
`C-x a i l'
Define a word in the buffer as a mode-specific abbrev
(`inverse-add-mode-abbrev').
And:
`M-x write-abbrev-file <RET> FILE <RET>'
Write a file FILE describing all defined abbrevs.
`M-x read-abbrev-file <RET> FILE <RET>'
Read the file FILE and define abbrevs as specified therein.
`M-x quietly-read-abbrev-file <RET> FILE <RET>'
Similar but do not display a message about what is going on.
This works well for me.
Cheers.
Ross
--
Ross A. Laird, PhD
www.rosslaird.info
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* abbreviations
@ 2002-08-06 20:43 David Ellis
2002-08-12 16:09 ` abbreviations Fernando Dobladez
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From: David Ellis @ 2002-08-06 20:43 UTC (permalink / raw
I would like to set up emacs so that when I type "if " then I get
if () {
}
with the point between the 2 parens. What is the best way to do this.
Dave
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