About the value of `last-abbrev-text'

About the value of `last-abbrev-text'

[Xue Fuqiao]

Hi,

I'm twiddling with abbrev.el now.  The doc string of `last-abbrev-text' says:

  The exact text of the last abbrev expanded.
  It is nil if the abbrev has already been unexpanded.

I didn't see the expected value of this variable.  Here's my experiment:

1. emacs -Q
2. Evaluate the following expressions:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;; Clear existing value
(clear-abbrev-table global-abbrev-table)

(define-abbrev-table
  'global-abbrev-table
  '(("ge" "GNU Emacs")))

;; Turn on abbrev-mode globally
(setq-default abbrev-mode t)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
3. Type `g e SPC', `GNU Emacs ' appeared;
4. The value of `last-abbrev-text' became `#("ge" 0 2 (fontified t))',
   but what I expected was "GNU Emacs".

FYI I'm using Emacs 24.3.50 (current trunk) on Ubuntu 13.10.  I've
searched the FAQ/web/archives, but didn't get anything that looked
promising.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Re: About the value of `last-abbrev-text'

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 28.02.2014 um 14:05 schrieb Xue Fuqiao:

> 4. The value of `last-abbrev-text' became `#("ge" 0 2 (fontified t))',
>   but what I expected was "GNU Emacs".

Isn't "ge" the abbreviation? And "GNU Emacs" its expansion?

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