Re: Short to long form expansion?

[Christopher Campbell]

Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> Christopher Campbell wrote:
>  > Is there a mode that allows completion of words by taking a short form,
>  > and comparing it with text in the buffer to deduce a longer form?  e.g.
>  >
>  > in a buffer with
>  >
>  > complete_text
>  > some-variable-name
>  >
>  > c_t M-RET -> complete_text
>  > s-v-n M-RET -> some-variable-name
>  >
>  > Anything like that?  I use pabbrev-mode which helps alot with code
>  > editing, but this little extra would be icing on the cake.
>
> I don't know -- what is pabbrev-mode?  It sounds to me like what you
> want is a combination of Dynamic Abbrev mode and Partial Completion
> mode.  What happens if you turn on both?

Pabbrev is like Dabbrev only it is as you type.  Partial completion mode 
only seems to work for minibuffer, not in the main buffer.