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> Hi, You may call this method: Auto Abbreviation in a buffer.
> When I type the text in buffer, it should automagically note
> each word and figure out different combination of it, and make
> combination index which when typed in buffer again should result
> in uniq word.

Maybe dabbrev-expand, bound to M-/ by default, does something of
what you would like? Examples:

When I type this, I get that
da M-/            dabbrev-expand
Ab M-/            Abbreviation
di M-/            different


Ted

-- 
Edward O'Connor
oconnor@soe.ucsd.edu