# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1161580390 0 # Node ID 87edd732a03a6902274b1de83ae55eef705981ce # Parent 4a2a0193261a17514759714e8dd4d77a77de3b84 (Expanding Abbrevs): Expansion happens only when Abbrev mode is enabled. diff -r 4a2a0193261a -r 87edd732a03a man/abbrevs.texi --- a/man/abbrevs.texi Sun Oct 22 23:03:09 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/abbrevs.texi Mon Oct 23 05:13:10 2006 +0000 @@ -146,12 +146,13 @@ @node Expanding Abbrevs @section Controlling Abbrev Expansion - An abbrev expands whenever it is present in the buffer just before -point and you type a self-inserting whitespace or punctuation character -(@key{SPC}, comma, etc.@:). More precisely, any character that is not a -word constituent expands an abbrev, and any word-constituent character -can be part of an abbrev. The most common way to use an abbrev is to -insert it and then insert a punctuation or whitespace character to expand it. + When Abbrev mode is enabled, an abbrev expands whenever it is +present in the buffer just before point and you type a self-inserting +whitespace or punctuation character (@key{SPC}, comma, etc.@:). More +precisely, any character that is not a word constituent expands an +abbrev, and any word-constituent character can be part of an abbrev. +The most common way to use an abbrev is to insert it and then insert a +punctuation or whitespace character to expand it. @vindex abbrev-all-caps Abbrev expansion preserves case; thus, @samp{foo} expands into @samp{find