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Re: Characterset for Abbrevation names limited
From: |
Wilmar Igl |
Subject: |
Re: Characterset for Abbrevation names limited |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:08:10 +0200 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) |
Dear Glenn,
thanks for the info. In this case I'd suggest to change the prompt
of global-add-abbrev from e.g.:
M-x Global abbrev for "Desoxyribonucleicacid":
to:
M-x Global abbrev for "Desoxyribonucleicacid" (only letters [a-Z][0-9]):
and/or include a similar comment into the function description.
Otherwise an uninformed user might use the unsupported characters like
[!"#%&/] and register the failure of the function and interpret it as a bug.
Best,
Wilmar
Glenn Morris skrev:
Wilmar Igl wrote:
sofar it is not possible to use characters other the [a-Z][0-9] as names
of abbreviations when using <add-global-abbreviation>.
To avoid conflicts with emacs abbreviations and other acronyms used in
the text I would suggest to allow non-alphabetical/non-number characters
like, [!"#%&/].
It's not that simple. Because of the way abbrevs are expanded, the
characters in an abbrev must all be recognized as part of a word.
So in general it's not possible to allow arbitrary characters (eg `!')
in abbrevs. In specific modes that change the syntax of some
characters to be word constituents, these characters can be used in
abbrevs.
--
Wilmar IGL (Mr.)
PhD, Psychologist
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