From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using punctuation in abbrev
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:24:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmwr81tku.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CA+5B0FOyMxL4U-+LCthS0xmbeoB=0n61eETT8bvCb-vJnW2Pog@mail.gmail.com
> Here's what I put in my init file:
> (define-abbrev-table 'global-abbrev-table '(
> ("$->" "→")
> ("$=>" "⇒")
> ("$foo" "X")
> )
> "custom abbrev table"
> :regexp (rx (or bos bol space) (group (+ (not space)))))
> (setq save-abbrevs nil)
> (setq-default abbrev-mode t)
> But only the $foo substitution works and I can't figure out why.
Actually, if you call M-x expand-abbrev RET explicitly, you'll see they
all work. What doesn't work for the first two is the "press space after
it to cause expansion", because this is only performed right after
a word char (hence it works for "$foo" because the last char is a word
char).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-02 14:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-01 17:41 Using punctuation in abbrev Aurélien Aptel
2013-06-01 18:42 ` Drew Adams
2013-06-01 22:49 ` Aurélien Aptel
2013-06-02 18:48 ` Drew Adams
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2013-06-02 5:02 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-02 5:21 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-02 17:17 ` Aurélien Aptel
2013-06-02 18:10 ` Jambunathan K
2013-06-03 3:44 ` Yuri Khan
[not found] ` <mailman.905.1370231076.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-03 18:05 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-04 3:05 ` Yuri Khan
2013-06-04 9:14 ` Aurélien Aptel
[not found] ` <mailman.968.1370315124.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-04 17:27 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-05 6:59 ` Yuri Khan
[not found] ` <mailman.1022.1370415567.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-05 21:12 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-04 21:39 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.1002.1370382007.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-04 22:47 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.880.1370193431.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-02 19:48 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-02 21:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-06-02 22:36 ` Aurélien Aptel
[not found] ` <mailman.901.1370212579.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-03 0:10 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-02 14:24 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-06-02 17:00 ` Aurélien Aptel
2013-06-02 17:54 ` Andreas Röhler
2013-06-02 17:56 ` Stefan Monnier
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