From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christopher Campbell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Short to long form expansion? Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:27:30 GMT Organization: NTL Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140579495 4773 80.91.229.2 (22 Feb 2006 03:38:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:38:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 22 04:38:12 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBkpO-00034X-1p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:38:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBkpN-0008IB-7v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:38:09 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-fra1.dfn.de!news0.de.colt.net!newsfeed.cw.net!cw.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-in.ntli.net!newsrout1-win.ntli.net!ntli.net!news.highwinds-media.com!newspeer1-win.ntli.net!newsfe3-gui.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051201) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.98.236.130 Original-X-Trace: newsfe3-gui.ntli.net 1140550050 81.98.236.130 (Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:27:30 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:27:30 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:137724 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:33348 Archived-At: Hi, Is there a mode that allows completion of words by taking a short form, and comparing it with text in the buffer to deduce a longer form? e.g. in a buffer with complete_text some-variable-name c_t M-RET -> complete_text s-v-n M-RET -> some-variable-name Anything like that? I use pabbrev-mode which helps alot with code editing, but this little extra would be icing on the cake. Cheers, Chris Campbell