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Subject: Re: dabbrev (still) ignores possibilities that differ by case
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"Luke Blanshard" <luke@quiq.com> writes:

> Hence, I use dabbrev with dabbrev-case-fold-search set to t and
> dabbrev-case-replace set to nil.  In other words, when I type "exc"
> and hit M-/, I want it to match any of the above spellings of
> "exception" and drop in whatever it finds without messing with its
> case.

I think the idea is that you are supposed to type exc M-/ if you want
"exception" but to type Exc M-/ if you want "Exception", and EXC M-/
if you want "EXCEPTION".

But the feature you want would surely be useful.

kai
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