Re: define abbrev for emacs-lisp-mode but not other lisp-mode

[harven <harven@free.fr>]

Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> writes:

> On Nov 16, 6:54 am, harven <har...@free.fr> wrote:
>> Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> writes:
>> > this is a odd thing.
>>
>> > when in emacs-lisp-mode, and when you define a abbrev (e.g. call
>> > define-mode-abbrev then “ah” then “add-hook”), then call write-abbrev-
>> > file
>>
>> > then you get this in your abbrev file (e.g. at 〔~/.emacs.d/
>> > abbrev_defs〕)
>>
>> > (define-abbrev-table 'lisp-mode-abbrev-table '(
>> >     ("ah" "add-hook" nil 0)
>> > ))
>>
>> > note that it's lisp-mode-abbrev-table not emacs-lisp-mode-abbrev-
>> > table.
>>
>> > Why's that?
>>
>> > (if you change it to the latter, it won't work.)
>>
>> > i'm wondering because i want the abbrev to be for emacs-lisp-mode
>> > only, not general lisp mode.
>> > It appears that emacs-lisp-mode is defined on top of lisp-mode. Ok, so
>> > my question is, what's the purpose of lisp-mode? Is that supposed to
>> > be the base for other lisp lang modes to be defined on top of? A look
>> > at scheme-mode seems to confirm this, but still, i want my abbrev for
>> > emacs lisp mode only. Is that possible?
>>
>> > thanks.
>>
>> >  Xah ∑http://xahlee.org/☄
>>
>> I would try the following in .emacs
>>
>> (define-abbrev-table 'emacs-lisp-mode-abbrev-table '(
>>   ("ah" "add-hook" nil 0)))
>>
>> (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook (lambda()
>>          (setq abbrev-mode t)
>>          (setq local-abbrev-table emacs-lisp-mode-abbrev-table)))
>
> thanks. Interesting solution.
>
> Before i redefine my stuff, i did some more testing on my original
> question.
>
> i tried to go to scheme-mode and apparantly the abbrev does not work,
> but only in emacs-lisp-mode.
>
> if i'm in scheme-mode and i call define-mode-abbrev, it generate this
> code:
>
> (define-abbrev-table 'scheme-mode-abbrev-table
>   '(
>     ("ttt" "hhh" nil 0)
>    ))
>
> So, my question is probably caused by unnecessarily looking under the
> hood.
>
>> I think that the nil argument after add-hook is deprecated in emacs ≥ 23.
>
> any reference you have on this? thanks.

Sorry, that's the 0 notation that is obsolete. It is now an optional property,
and is written as :count 0. See the docstring of define-abbrev.

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│(define-abbrev TABLE NAME EXPANSION &optional HOOK &rest PROPS) │
│                             ...                                │
│An obsolete but still supported calling form is:                │ 
│(define-abbrev TABLE NAME EXPANSION &optional HOOK COUNT SYSTEM)│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘