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From: Jean-Christophe Helary <lists@traduction-libre.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: non word abbrevs
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 09:01:21 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <976C9A57-FA22-4E47-AF16-C1B20C66E451@traduction-libre.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv7ddkc40t.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

Thank you Stephan for checking all that.

> On Nov 7, 2021, at 7:32, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> 
> I tried the above and then `M-x expand-abbrev` and it worked for my test
> case, so I guess the problem is in the auto-triggering of abbrevs down
> in `self-insert-command`.
> 
> And indeed I see:
> 
>    if (!NILP (BVAR (current_buffer, abbrev_mode))
>        && synt != Sword
>        && NILP (BVAR (current_buffer, read_only))
>        && PT > BEGV
>        && (SYNTAX (!NILP (BVAR (current_buffer, enable_multibyte_characters))
>                    ? XFIXNAT (Fprevious_char ())
>                    : UNIBYTE_TO_CHAR (XFIXNAT (Fprevious_char ())))
>            == Sword))
> 
> so it looks like the "auto expand abbrev" feature only works right after
> a word char, so basically only works for abbrevs whose last char has
> word syntax.

Which kind of defeats the idea of being able to define a regex in the first place...

> You might want to `M-x report-emacs-bug` and request that this
> constraint be made more flexible.

I will. Thank you again.

-- 
Jean-Christophe Helary @brandelune
https://mac4translators.blogspot.com
https://sr.ht/~brandelune/omegat-as-a-book/




  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-07  0:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-31  5:45 non word abbrevs Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-10-31 19:04 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-01  7:57   ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-11-01 10:54     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-01 12:03     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-01 12:13       ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-11-01 12:43         ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-01 13:17           ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-11-01 13:49             ` Leo Butler
2021-11-01 14:03             ` tomas
2021-11-01 17:58             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-06  8:20         ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-11-06 22:32           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-07  0:01             ` Jean-Christophe Helary [this message]
2021-11-07  3:15               ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-07  3:24                 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-11-07  4:11                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-08  5:36                   ` Kevin Vigouroux via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-08  7:18                     ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2021-11-08 23:29                       ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-11-07  4:06                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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