From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Setting up abbrev Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:35:28 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: wilnerthomas@tutanota.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25639"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Jean Louis Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 31 17:36:28 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oIAzT-0006T3-97 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:36:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43948 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oIAzR-0003Ww-SN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2022 11:36:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57232) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oIAya-0003WW-Bx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2022 11:35:32 -0400 Original-Received: from w1.tutanota.de ([81.3.6.162]:56332) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oIAyY-0000iE-I7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jul 2022 11:35:32 -0400 Original-Received: from w3.tutanota.de (unknown [192.168.1.164]) by w1.tutanota.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A3ADFBF623; Sun, 31 Jul 2022 15:35:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1659281728; s=s1; d=tutanota.com; h=From:From:To:To:Subject:Subject:Content-Description:Content-ID:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Cc:Date:Date:In-Reply-To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:References:Sender; bh=9YRPof7NoNbgMmr1hHIcfUSXmfSFmVR0ihBBwgdN4eI=; b=AQANDWNSAFFmSQvVXjYMOhBr20PBO0JBnrNk1fidvhyQjfKPKom7rgivkyelncAp DF2R9wbXZC5tKNawM2on9+GewghZdF6McEmFZK40mIVrYLQk/dPa6z0I3phiyqFKv2l j6szNkVMyWyvn6y6/L1reh20PeUts8I7kFCsYtm28PUr1WXRFK4UVdtOgMpFrYLgb7X ml0cU92gHulOTPIq5zQwvouRG24lTnKnkLWZ3qU/Tcc+zCFW+xw8LDpGBPUOYKgNeEH mysdHz0jKRNW61KpjmQ3lcj2AQKu4xsmn2Jt63hUDgLIvKLCDcATSG5ZNa2PGmMqrYa Uasi54fWjQ== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=81.3.6.162; envelope-from=wilnerthomas@tutanota.com; helo=w1.tutanota.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:138678 Archived-At: Jul 31, 2022, 13:08 by bugs@gnu.support: > * wilnerthomas--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2022-07-31 15:24]: > >> Have seen discussions about abbrev.=C2=A0 How does it work exactly, and >> how could I set it up to test it? >> > > It is very handy and useful to use Emacs feature to abbreviate longer > phrases and expand them automatically on the fly. > > Best is if you evalute following in Emacs and read it from manual: > > Let us say you have following words: We are the champions=E2=AC=9B and yo= ur > cursor is there on the end of the word "champions", you could write > {C-4 C-x a g} and enter into minibuffer: "wechamp" and then any time > you write "wechamp" and press {C-x '} after "wechamp" it would expand > to "We are the champions". > Have tried it and works well.=C2=A0 Does it always have to work by pressing= {C-x '}. Was hoping it would work like company-mode, as you type.