From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Baloff Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: special char in abbrev Date: 16 Aug 2005 04:55:37 +1000 Organization: iPrimus Customer - reports relating to abuse should be sent to abuse@iprimus.com.au Message-ID: <87ll33hvx2.fsf@wash.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1124131022 1623 80.91.229.2 (15 Aug 2005 18:37:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 15 20:36:56 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4jpL-0006eV-FE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:36:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4jsj-0003N3-0e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:40:21 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.50.52.28 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.134.67.67 Original-X-Trace: 1124130799 un-2park-reader-02.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au 15512 203.134.67.67:3880 Original-X-Complaints-To: Abuse, including message IDs to abuse@pipenetworks.com Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.uwa.edu.au!nntp.waia.asn.au!202.72.130.18.MISMATCH!quokka.wn.com.au!token.pipenetworks.com!218.100.2.58.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:133214 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:28740 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:28740 Hello I am trying to define an abbrev, after reading in the info docs I went to try it, works. but, how can I use 'beginning of line character''pound symbol''the letter i' as an abbrev. I am trying to expand #i to #include only when typed at the beginning of a line. it will not work, it will only use 'i' as an abbrev. hey,, thanks for all the help, I am waiting for a book to get me to the level where I can use the info docs more effectively, then I will be a much less bother. thanks again for putting up with me