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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: non word abbrevs
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 15:04:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvee81j9tk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2F7AC7B8-48AA-4BF3-B5AA-A4141F248109@traduction-libre.org

Jean-Christophe Helary [2021-10-31 14:45:04] wrote:
> I'm trying to create abbrevs that do this
>
> -> →
> <- ← 
>
> etc.
>
> but Emacs won't allow that because the abbrevs are not "word constituents".

You need to change the `:regexp` on your abbrev table.
See `define-abbrev-table`.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-31 19:04 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 [this message]
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
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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