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changeset 42492:a5636409941f
Describe define-global-abbrev and define-mode-abbrev.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Thu, 03 Jan 2002 05:19:26 +0000 |
| parents | 0be46fec7fc2 |
| children | 84a510bb7ff6 |
| files | man/abbrevs.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/abbrevs.texi Wed Jan 02 23:50:57 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/abbrevs.texi Thu Jan 03 05:19:26 2002 +0000 @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ @item C-x a i l Define a word in the buffer as a mode-specific abbrev (@code{inverse-add-mode-abbrev}). +@item M-x define-global-abbrev @key{RET} @var{abbrev} @key{RET} @var{exp} @key{RET} +Define @var{abbrev} as an abbrev expanding into @var{exp}. +@item M-x define-mode-abbrev @key{RET} @var{abbrev} @key{RET} @var{exp} @key{RET} +Define @var{abbrev} as a mode-specific abbrev expanding into @var{exp}. @item M-x kill-all-abbrevs This command discards all abbrev definitions currently in effect, leaving a blank slate. @@ -121,6 +125,13 @@ meaning of the two text strings they use (one from the buffer and one read with the minibuffer). +@findex define-mode-abbrev +@findex define-global-abbrev + You can define an abbrev without inserting either the abbrev or its +expansion in the buffer using the command @code{define-global-abbrev}. +It reads two arguments--the abbrev, and its expansion. The command +@code{define-mode-abbrev} does likewise for a mode-specific abbrev. + To change the definition of an abbrev, just define a new definition. When the abbrev has a prior definition, the abbrev definition commands ask for confirmation before replacing it.