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changeset 49983:2a8850f484eb
Clarify where insert-abbrevs puts point.
Clarify how C-u - M-/ searches.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:54:36 +0000 |
| parents | 50f3e9a779fe |
| children | 632746dc04e4 |
| files | man/abbrevs.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/abbrevs.texi Tue Feb 25 21:36:18 2003 +0000 +++ b/man/abbrevs.texi Wed Feb 26 09:54:36 2003 +0000 @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ @findex define-abbrevs The commands @kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} and @kbd{M-x define-abbrevs} are similar to the previous commands but work on text in an Emacs buffer. -@kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} inserts text into the current buffer before point, +@kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} inserts text into the current buffer after point, describing all current abbrev definitions; @kbd{M-x define-abbrevs} parses the entire current buffer and defines abbrevs accordingly.@refill @@ -370,10 +370,12 @@ expressions, dynamic abbrev expansion skips that buffer. A negative argument to @kbd{M-/}, as in @kbd{C-u - M-/}, says to -search first for expansions after point, and second for expansions -before point. If you repeat the @kbd{M-/} to look for another -expansion, do not specify an argument. This tries all the expansions -after point and then the expansions before point. +search first for expansions after point, then other buffers, and +consider expansions before point only as a last resort. + + If you repeat the @kbd{M-/} to look for another expansion, do not +specify an argument. This tries all the expansions after point and +then the expansions before point. After you have expanded a dynamic abbrev, you can copy additional words that follow the expansion in its original context. Simply type