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bug#5936: 23.1.95; fix a bug in abbrev--before-point
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#5936: 23.1.95; fix a bug in abbrev--before-point |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:25:16 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> If you use the :regexp property in an abbrev table, all abbrevs in that
> table will fail except those with only one char.
Not at all. But you may get such a result if you use a naive regexp, yes.
> This is because of a regexp match in abbrev--before-point which only
> looks back one char.
No, this is because the regexp you have to use must match part of the
text *before* the abbrev. That's why the doc for define-abbrev-table
gives as example \<\(\w+\)\W* rather than just \(\w+\)\W*.
Stefan