From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?Johan_Bockg=E5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: boilerplate expansion module? Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 01:54:14 +0200 Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053043896 19889 80.91.224.249 (16 May 2003 00:11:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 00:11:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 16 02:11:32 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19GSou-0005AS-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 02:11:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19GSfh-0001N7-08 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 May 2003 20:02:01 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.stupi.se!news.stupi.se!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!dd.chalmers.se!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: helm.dd.chalmers.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.2 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3/bwazI43a6XOhySEIMKQ+MQMig= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113289 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9785 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9785 Ignoramus7828 writes: > What I want is to enable abbrev-mode for all modes and all buffers. > According to some web page, I placed > > (abbrev-mode 1) > > into my emacs.el file. But that does not apply to buffers that I > open. I have to do same in each buffer, which is a pain. What am I > doing wrong? ,----[ C-h v abbrev-mode RET ] | [...] | This variable automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion. | Changing it with M-x customize sets the default value. | Use the command `abbrev-mode' to enable or disable Abbrev mode in the current | buffer. | | You can customize this variable. `---- Customize abbrev-mode as suggested, or use (setq-default abbrev-mode t). -- The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners. -- Ernst Jan Plugge