* abbrev mode .. on by default
@ 2003-02-14 1:19 Harry Putnam
2003-02-17 12:51 ` Kester Clegg
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From: Harry Putnam @ 2003-02-14 1:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
Long ago someone posted a message from which I learned to turn on
abbrev mode by default by putting these two in .
emacs.
(setq default-abbrev-mode t)
(read-abbrev-file)
I understood if an ~/.abbrev_defs file was in place then the mode
would be on by default.
However, when I open a perl script I still have to turn it on. Is
there something more to set?
There is quite a lot in C-h i m emacs <RET> about this but scanning
through with `index' seach I didn't notice a section detailing how to
turn this on by default.
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* Re: abbrev mode .. on by default
2003-02-14 1:19 abbrev mode .. on by default Harry Putnam
@ 2003-02-17 12:51 ` Kester Clegg
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From: Kester Clegg @ 2003-02-17 12:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
Harry Putnam <hgp@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> (setq default-abbrev-mode t)
> (read-abbrev-file)
>
> I understood if an ~/.abbrev_defs file was in place then the mode
> would be on by default.
Nope - I have just the same, almost, and it works for me fine.
(cond ((file-exists-p "~/.abbrev_defs")
(read-abbrev-file "~/.abbrev_defs")))
(setq save-abbrevs t)
(setq-default abbrev-mode t)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Wait - interesting typo, perhaps? Odd...
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