From: Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: re-loading an elisp file
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:49:45 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pqpda452.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.0.1301164236.2084.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:
>> I frequently use your instead of you're and am quie aware of this bad
>> habit.
>
> I have read somewhere that one could set up an abbrev expansion for
> frequently mis-spelt/mis-typed words so that they expand to the rightly
> spelt word.
>
As David pointed out, the danger with your and you're is that they are
both legitimate words. An abbrev is of no use as there is not enough
information available for abbrev to know when to allow your and when to
replace it with you're, so abbrev is of no use.
--
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au
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2011-03-05 15:27 ` re-loading an elisp file Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-03-05 16:46 ` ken
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2011-03-05 17:41 ` Johan Bockgård
2011-03-05 23:09 ` ken
2011-03-05 22:17 ` Tim X
2011-03-05 23:21 ` PJ Weisberg
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2011-03-06 0:05 ` Tim X
2011-03-06 5:32 ` rusi
2011-03-06 8:36 ` Le Wang
2011-03-08 1:18 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2011-03-08 1:57 ` rusi
2011-03-08 2:01 ` rusi
2011-03-24 18:02 ` David Combs
2011-03-25 6:39 ` Tim X
2011-03-25 6:51 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-25 8:45 ` Jambunathan K
2011-03-25 22:23 ` Tim X
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2011-03-25 23:01 ` Tim X
2011-03-26 4:25 ` Jambunathan K
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2011-03-26 22:49 ` Tim X [this message]
2011-03-05 15:16 ken
2011-03-05 15:54 ` Drew Adams
2011-03-05 17:13 ` ken
2011-03-05 18:06 ` Drew Adams
2011-03-05 18:11 ` Drew Adams
2011-03-05 23:36 ` ken
2011-03-06 2:08 ` PJ Weisberg
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2011-03-24 18:31 ` David Combs
2011-03-24 18:57 ` Drew Adams
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2011-03-24 18:24 ` David Combs
2011-03-24 19:09 ` Drew Adams
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2011-03-05 22:25 ` Tim X
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