From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christopher Campbell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Short to long form expansion? Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:37:01 GMT Organization: NTL Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141190336 20537 80.91.229.2 (1 Mar 2006 05:18:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 05:18:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 01 06:18:55 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FEJjj-00036a-CV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:18:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FEJji-0003Wb-Cr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:18:54 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.astraweb.com!newsrouter-eu.astraweb.com!feeder.xsnews.nl!216.196.110.148.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-in.ntli.net!newsrout1-win.ntli.net!ntli.net!news.highwinds-media.com!newspeer1-win.ntli.net!newsfe4-gui.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.98.236.130 Original-X-Trace: newsfe4-gui.ntli.net 1141065421 81.98.236.130 (Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:37:01 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:37:01 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:137827 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:33451 Archived-At: Kevin Rodgers wrote: > Christopher Campbell wrote: > > Is there a mode that allows completion of words by taking a short form, > > and comparing it with text in the buffer to deduce a longer form? e.g. > > > > in a buffer with > > > > complete_text > > some-variable-name > > > > c_t M-RET -> complete_text > > s-v-n M-RET -> some-variable-name > > > > Anything like that? I use pabbrev-mode which helps alot with code > > editing, but this little extra would be icing on the cake. > > I don't know -- what is pabbrev-mode? It sounds to me like what you > want is a combination of Dynamic Abbrev mode and Partial Completion > mode. What happens if you turn on both? Pabbrev is like Dabbrev only it is as you type. Partial completion mode only seems to work for minibuffer, not in the main buffer.