From caa3bc0873a176d3a49610f8af039ced25e0d59c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:13:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Expanding Abbrevs): Expansion happens only when Abbrev mode is enabled. --- man/abbrevs.texi | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/abbrevs.texi b/man/abbrevs.texi index 3aac1df50d8..0283b332976 100644 --- a/man/abbrevs.texi +++ b/man/abbrevs.texi @@ -146,12 +146,13 @@ abbrev definitions, both global and local. @node Expanding Abbrevs @section Controlling Abbrev Expansion - An abbrev expands whenever it is present in the buffer just before -point and you type a self-inserting whitespace or punctuation character -(@key{SPC}, comma, etc.@:). More precisely, any character that is not a -word constituent expands an abbrev, and any word-constituent character -can be part of an abbrev. The most common way to use an abbrev is to -insert it and then insert a punctuation or whitespace character to expand it. + When Abbrev mode is enabled, an abbrev expands whenever it is +present in the buffer just before point and you type a self-inserting +whitespace or punctuation character (@key{SPC}, comma, etc.@:). More +precisely, any character that is not a word constituent expands an +abbrev, and any word-constituent character can be part of an abbrev. +The most common way to use an abbrev is to insert it and then insert a +punctuation or whitespace character to expand it. @vindex abbrev-all-caps Abbrev expansion preserves case; thus, @samp{foo} expands into @samp{find -- 2.30.2