From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Special abbrev list? Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:06:32 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20080107173905.GA6884@linux.bredbandsbolaget.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199729304 29206 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2008 18:08:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:08:24 +0000 (UTC) To: "Fredrik" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 07 19:08:44 2008 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 1JBwOu-000354-8a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:08:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBwOX-0004f5-5g for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:08:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBwOG-0004ea-94 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:08:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBwOE-0004dr-IN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:08:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBwOE-0004dj-Fp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:07:58 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBwOE-00011u-0T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:07:58 -0500 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m07I7qXp002610; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:07:53 -0700 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m074QeZl024617; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:07:52 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-west-130-35-178-158.us.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3481771111199729191; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:06:31 -0800 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20080107173905.GA6884@linux.bredbandsbolaget.se> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:50556 Archived-At: > I am using Emacs to write with a lot of text looking like this : > > Parent > Parent:Child > Parent:Child:SubChild > Parent:SecondChild:SecondSubChild > NewParent:Child > > And would like to use the abbrev command to complete the text when I am > writing it. I have been able to use it word for word but I want to > complete the string as above... So for example writing and completing > could look like this: > > Parent:Chi -> Parent:Child -> Parent:Child:SubChild > > Any ideas or tips on what I should look up? Not sure this responds to what you're asking, but in case it does, HTH: In Icicles, you can use Icicles apropos completion with `C-M-/' (`dabbrev-completion'). You can match a substring or other regexp. http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles