abbrev mode .. on by default

abbrev mode .. on by default

[Harry Putnam]

Long ago someone posted a message from which I learned to turn on
abbrev mode by default by putting these two in .
emacs.

  (setq default-abbrev-mode t)
  (read-abbrev-file)

I understood if an ~/.abbrev_defs file was in place then the mode
would be on by default.

However, when I open a perl script I still have to turn it on. Is
there something more to set?

There is quite a lot in  C-h i m emacs <RET> about this but scanning
through with `index' seach I didn't notice a section detailing how to
turn this on by default. 

Re: abbrev mode .. on by default

[Kester Clegg]

Harry Putnam <hgp@sbcglobal.net> writes:

>   (setq default-abbrev-mode t)
>   (read-abbrev-file)
> 
> I understood if an ~/.abbrev_defs file was in place then the mode
> would be on by default.

Nope - I have just the same, almost, and it works for me fine.

(cond ((file-exists-p "~/.abbrev_defs")
       (read-abbrev-file "~/.abbrev_defs")))
(setq save-abbrevs t)
(setq-default abbrev-mode t)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Wait - interesting typo, perhaps?  Odd...


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