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>    > The fact is though that currently we do not have inheritance of
>    > abbrevs.  I believe that the current "poor man's inheritance" is an
>    > unacceptable alternative.  It makes a lottery out of abbrev expansion.
>    Again, please show us examples.

[..example cut out..]

So it indeed involves editing an abbrev-table.  Thanks.

> I could tell you what causes this bug, but I believe you will have no
> difficulty figuring that out yourself.  The really difficult thing is
> to fix this bug, without introducing others to replace it.  I believe
> this is essentially equivalent with defining true inheritance.

Yes, those problems can be fixed by implementing true inheritance.


	Stefan