special char in abbrev

special char in abbrev

[Baloff]

Hello

I am trying to define an abbrev, after reading in the info docs I went
to try it, works. but, how can I use 
'beginning of line character''pound symbol''the letter i' as an
abbrev. I am trying to expand
#i
to 
#include
only when typed at the beginning of a line.

it will not work, it will only use 'i' as an abbrev. 

hey,, thanks for all the help, I am waiting for a book to get me to
the level where I can use the info docs more effectively, then I will
be a much less bother.

thanks again for putting up with me

Re: special char in abbrev

[rgb]

> I am trying to define an abbrev,
> #i
> to
> #include

I had a similar problem when writing TACL mode where all keywords
begin with #.  IIRC abbrev only looks at characters with word syntax.
Since modifying the mode's syntax table can have all kinds of effects
the easiest solution might be to do something more along these lines.

(add-hook foo-mode-hook
  (lambda () (local-set-key [?\C-c ?i] "#include")))