From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean-Christophe Helary Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: non word abbrevs Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 16:18:53 +0900 Message-ID: <2297BB1A-8F37-4624-8156-CDA4F48BEC7B@traduction-libre.org> References: <2F7AC7B8-48AA-4BF3-B5AA-A4141F248109@traduction-libre.org> <4097001A-F60D-4712-B828-EA778BFCF56E@traduction-libre.org> <2067AA83-8EC0-4429-9189-9E3CCCFD06BB@traduction-libre.org> <976C9A57-FA22-4E47-AF16-C1B20C66E451@traduction-libre.org> <87v913nr8y.fsf@laposte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.120.0.1.13\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="9722"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Kevin Vigouroux Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 08 08:19:47 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mjywV-0002Je-CZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:19:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60644 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mjywT-0004Pq-P4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:19:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56186) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mjyvp-0004PT-SQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:19:05 -0500 Original-Received: from relay11.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.231]:58449) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mjyvn-0003En-Pq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:19:05 -0500 Original-Received: (Authenticated sender: lists@traduction-libre.org) by relay11.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9CA63100009; Mon, 8 Nov 2021 07:18:57 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <87v913nr8y.fsf@laposte.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.120.0.1.13) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.178.231; envelope-from=lists@traduction-libre.org; helo=relay11.mail.gandi.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:134453 Archived-At: >> Maybe expecting to have abbrevs work way was a mistake, but it does = not seem possible to have (easy...) arbitrary string expansion in = out-of-the-box-emacs without abbrevs. >>=20 >> Would there be another more idiomatic way ? >> I know about assigning key shortcuts to arbitrary string insertion, >> but that needlessly fills the keymaps with shortcuts that could be = put >> to better use *and* the combination would be longer to enter than a >> normal abbrev... >>=20 >=20 > You can insert a Unicode character with `insert-char'. This does not > shorten the typing but at least you can insert any character easily. Thank you. I am really just interested in having "proper" text = expansions like what I have on the OS side. I fail to see the logic of = limiting abbrevs to "word characters". --=20 Jean-Christophe Helary @brandelune https://mac4translators.blogspot.com https://sr.ht/~brandelune/omegat-as-a-book/