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(Abbrev Expansion): Clarify, fix typo.

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function returns @code{nil} as its value, then @code{expand-abbrev}
returns @code{nil} even though expansion did occur.
@end deffn

@deffn Command abbrev-prefix-mark &optional arg
This command marks current point as the beginning of an abbrev.  The
next call to @code{expand-abbrev} will use the text from here to point
(where it is then) as the abbrev to expand, rather than using the
previous word as usual.

First, this command expands any abbrev before point, unless @var{arg}
is non-@code{nil}.  (Interactively, @var{arg} is the prefix argument.)
Then it inserts a hyphen before point, to indicate the start of the
next abbrev to be expanded.  The actual expansion removes the hyphen.

	      (add-hook 'pre-abbrev-expand-hook
			'foo-mode-pre-abbrev-expand
			nil t)))
@end smallexample

Note that @code{foo-mode-pre-abbrex-expand} just returns @code{nil}
without doing anything for lines not starting with @samp{#}.  Hence
abbrevs expand normally using @code{foo-mode-abbrev-table} as local
abbrev table for such lines.

@node Standard Abbrev Tables,  , Abbrev Expansion, Abbrevs

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function returns @code{nil} as its value, then @code{expand-abbrev}
returns @code{nil} even though expansion did occur.
@end deffn

@deffn Command abbrev-prefix-mark &optional arg
This command marks the current location of point as the beginning of
an abbrev.  The next call to @code{expand-abbrev} will use the text
from here to point (where it is then) as the abbrev to expand, rather
than using the previous word as usual.

First, this command expands any abbrev before point, unless @var{arg}
is non-@code{nil}.  (Interactively, @var{arg} is the prefix argument.)
Then it inserts a hyphen before point, to indicate the start of the
next abbrev to be expanded.  The actual expansion removes the hyphen.

	      (add-hook 'pre-abbrev-expand-hook
			'foo-mode-pre-abbrev-expand
			nil t)))
@end smallexample

Note that @code{foo-mode-pre-abbrev-expand} just returns @code{nil}
without doing anything for lines not starting with @samp{#}.  Hence
abbrevs expand normally using @code{foo-mode-abbrev-table} as local
abbrev table for such lines.

@node Standard Abbrev Tables,  , Abbrev Expansion, Abbrevs