changeset 74550:296e4310eeb6

(Defining Abbrevs): Mention `define-abbrev' 'force value for system-flag argument.
author Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
date Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:05:30 +0000
parents 7d98bae59180
children 06b5b3f1371b
files lispref/abbrevs.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lispref/abbrevs.texi	Sun Dec 10 03:05:20 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/abbrevs.texi	Sun Dec 10 03:05:30 2006 +0000
@@ -165,7 +165,10 @@
 if expansion had not really occurred.
 
 If @var{system-flag} is non-@code{nil}, that marks the abbrev as a
-``system'' abbrev with the @code{system-type} property.
+``system'' abbrev with the @code{system-type} property.  Unless
+@var{system-flag} has the value @code{force}, a ``system'' abbrev will
+not overwrite an existing definition for a non-``system'' abbrev of the
+same name.
 
 Normally the function @code{define-abbrev} sets the variable
 @code{abbrevs-changed} to @code{t}, if it actually changes the abbrev.