Special abbrev list?

Special abbrev list?

[Fredrik]

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

RE: Special abbrev list?

[Drew Adams]

> 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?

Not sure this responds to what you're asking, but in case it does, HTH:

In Icicles, you can use Icicles apropos completion with `C-M-/'
(`dabbrev-completion'). You can match a substring or other regexp.

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles

Re: Special abbrev list?

[Andreas Röhler]

Am Montag, 7. Januar 2008 18:39 schrieb Fredrik:
> 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
>
>

M-x dabbrev-expand

I use this that much, so I have the keys ALT and RET
for it:

(global-set-key "\M-\C-m" 'dabbrev-expand)

Maybe see in gnu-emacs-sources list for 

predictive.el

which is a great package for writing english text

or pabbrev.el, which looks interesting too.

Andreas Röhler