From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Maurizio Vitale Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Are abbrevs for this? Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:13:57 -0400 Organization: Polymath Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <874oun7esq.fsf@cuma.polymath-solutions.lan> References: <11b141710906100653n5a621140i89de0d50ffac41c1@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: maurizio.vitale@polymath-solutions.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244683523 11088 80.91.229.12 (11 Jun 2009 01:25:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:25:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 11 03:25:20 2009 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 1MEZ2e-0006HE-AQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:25:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52318 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MEZ2d-000380-Nj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:25:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MEZ2D-000370-4g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:24:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MEZ28-00032W-SS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:24:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34943 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MEZ28-00032M-NC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:24:48 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:54460 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MEZ28-0000Bf-9e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:24:48 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MEZ22-00023D-P2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:24:42 +0000 Original-Received: from pool-151-201-55-90.pitt.east.verizon.net ([151.201.55.90]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:24:42 +0000 Original-Received: from maurizio.vitale by pool-151-201-55-90.pitt.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:24:42 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-151-201-55-90.pitt.east.verizon.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:CWZLnwDpq/nGbkf4+gjmEVlNC/c= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:65130 Archived-At: >>>>> "Paulo" == Paulo J Matos writes: Paulo> Hi all, I am developing a new major mode for a new Paulo> specification language which uses a lot of unicode symbols Paulo> but it also has an ascii notation. Like some scheme modes Paulo> convert the lambda keyword into the greek lambda letter, I Paulo> have a table of keywords that would like them to be changed Paulo> into unicode symbols. Paulo> Can I use abbrevs for this? Possibly, but take a look at Tuareg, a mode for editing Ocaml. They do replace keyword with unicode symbols, but they offer the capability of rather seamlessly editing the original keyword. OTH, Maurizio