From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Fredrik Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Special abbrev list? Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:39:05 +0100 Message-ID: <20080107173905.GA6884@linux.bredbandsbolaget.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199727576 22698 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2008 17:39:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:39:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 07 18:39:56 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JBvx5-00014E-KP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:39:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBvwi-00074u-GU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:39:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBvwP-00074A-FE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBvwM-000713-6F for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:39:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBvwL-00070n-T2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:39:09 -0500 Original-Received: from proxy1.bredband.net ([195.54.101.71]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBvwL-0007Rt-Jn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:39:09 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport.bredband.com (195.54.101.120) by proxy1.bredband.net (7.3.127) id 4730FF8901468461 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:39:06 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AplZAILygUdV59BqRmdsb2JhbACBWI4yAQEBN5dc Original-Received: from c-6ad0e755.03-54-73746f50.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO jumans.net) ([85.231.208.106]) by ironport1.bredband.com with SMTP; 07 Jan 2008 18:39:06 +0100 Original-Received: by jumans.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:39:05 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:50552 Archived-At: I am using Emacs to write with a lot of text looking like this : Parent Parent:Child Parent:Child:SubChild Parent:SecondChild:SecondSubChild NewParent:Child And would like to use the abbrev command to complete the text when I am writing it. I have been able to use it word for word but I want to complete the string as above... So for example writing and completing could look like this: Parent:Chi -> Parent:Child -> Parent:Child:SubChild Any ideas or tips on what I should look up? Regards /Fredrik