From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Abbrevs Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 08:56:39 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3F4CC6A7.3070100@yahoo.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061997177 11665 80.91.224.253 (27 Aug 2003 15:12:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 15:12:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 27 17:12:55 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19s1yh-0003od-00 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:12:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19s1uR-000138-BM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:08:31 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.arcor-online.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!170.207.51.80!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 170.207.51.80 Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1061996174 10372390 170.207.51.80 (16 [82742]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020406 Netscape6/6.2.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116172 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12091 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12091 Super-User wrote: > Hello, > I have the following problem with Abbrevs: > "GNU Emacs 20.7.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, X toolkit)\n of Tue Oct 16 2001 on jupiter" > ............................................................ > a. ELISP> (abbrev-expansion "XSAR_1" shell-mode-abbrev-table) > "/export/home/JUPITER_XSAR_1/" > b. ELISP> (expand-abbrev) > nil > > Question: Why does (expand-abbrev) not the same work as > `abbrev-expansion' obviously does? > Do I need any setup of variables such that Abbrevs accepts uppercase > abbrevs? `C-h f' is your friend: | abbrev-expansion is a built-in function. | (abbrev-expansion ABBREV &optional TABLE) | | Return the string that ABBREV expands into in the current buffer. | Optionally specify an abbrev table as second arg; | then ABBREV is looked up in that table only. | expand-abbrev is an interactive built-in function. | (expand-abbrev) | | Expand the abbrev before point, if there is an abbrev there. | Effective when explicitly called even when `abbrev-mode' is nil. | Returns the abbrev symbol, if expansion took place. -- Kevin Rodgers