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Re: Abbrevs


From: Kevin Rodgers
Subject: Re: Abbrevs
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 08:56:39 -0600
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Super-User wrote:

Hello,
I have the following problem with Abbrevs:
"GNU Emacs 20.7.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, X toolkit)\n of Tue Oct 16 2001 on 
jupiter"
............................................................
a. ELISP> (abbrev-expansion "XSAR_1" shell-mode-abbrev-table)
   "/export/home/JUPITER_XSAR_1/"
b. ELISP> (expand-abbrev)
   nil

Question: Why does (expand-abbrev) not the same work as
`abbrev-expansion' obviously does? Do I need any setup of variables such that Abbrevs accepts uppercase abbrevs?


`C-h f' is your friend:


| abbrev-expansion is a built-in function.
| (abbrev-expansion ABBREV &optional TABLE)
|
| Return the string that ABBREV expands into in the current buffer.
| Optionally specify an abbrev table as second arg;
| then ABBREV is looked up in that table only.

| expand-abbrev is an interactive built-in function.
| (expand-abbrev)
|
| Expand the abbrev before point, if there is an abbrev there.
| Effective when explicitly called even when `abbrev-mode' is nil.
| Returns the abbrev symbol, if expansion took place.

--
Kevin Rodgers



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