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2015-08-11T21:36:17Z

Abbrevs

Rcaguiar at 21:33, 11 August 2015

2015-08-11T21:33:34Z

Rcaguiar: Created page with " Abbbrevs are small pieces of text that are expanded as you type. The expansion is context sensitive, so it depends on the mode you opened the file: if you open a .py file..."

2015-08-11T21:18:53Z

Created page with " Abbbrevs are small pieces of text that are expanded as you type. The expansion is context sensitive, so it depends on the mode you opened the file: if you open a .py file..."

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Abbbrevs are small pieces of text that are expanded as you type.

The expansion is context sensitive, so it depends on the mode you opened
the file: if you open a .py file, it is python-mode so it uses the table
for python, if you open a .c file, it is C language so it uses de table
for C language and so on.

Abbrevs are loaded from a Emacs-LISP file. The traditional location of
this file is:

~/.abbrev_defs

The format of the sections in this file is the following:

(define-abbrev-table 'xxxx-mode-abbrev-table '(
("abbr" "text to expand for abbr" nil 0)
("other" "other text" nil 0)
...
))

Example:

(define-abbrev-table 'html-mode-abbrev-table '(
("htmls" "<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n<style></style>\n</head>\n<body>\n</body>\n</html>\n" nil 0)
("table" "<table>\n</table>" nil 0)
("tr" "<tr><td></td></tr>" nil 0)
("td" "<td> </td>")
... other usefull and frequently used HTML definitions here ...
))

Abbrev files can be read using this Emacs Lisp call:

(read-abbrev-file "~/.abbrev_defs")

You can use it dynamically as a Emacs command:

M-x read-abbrev-file

There is a minor mode of Emacs called Abbrev-mode. It can be
switched on an off with this command:

M-x abbrev-mode

If you (as me, rcaguiar) don't like very much this mode, you can
disable it in .emacs file adding the following line:

(setq default-abbrev-mode -1)

At the end of Emacs session it usually writes the current Abbrevs to
file. For it to NOT happen, you need to include the following line in
.emacs file:

(setq save-abbrevs nil)

To make the use of Abbrevs less invasive as Abbrev Mode, you can use the
Emacs Lisp function "expand-abbrevs". It is usually bound to some shortcut
as < C-x ' > for instance. You can use < C-h b > to confer the bindings. To
bind it to some other key combination you can use the following line in your
.emacs file:

(global-set-key [f4] 'expand-abbrev)

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   (setq save-abbrevs nil)
-To make the use of Abbrevs less invasive as Abbrev Mode, you can use the
+To make the use of Abbrevs less invasive than Abbrev Mode, you can use the
 Emacs Lisp function "expand-abbrevs". It is usually bound to some shortcut
 as < C-x ' >  for instance. You can use < C-h b > to confer the bindings. To

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 Abbbrevs are small pieces of text that are expanded as you type.
 The expansion is context sensitive, so it depends on the mode you opened
-the file: if you open a .py file, it is python-mode so it uses the table
+the file:
-for python, if you open a .c file, it is C language so it uses de table
-for C language and so on.
+* if you open a .py file, it is python-mode so it uses the table for python
 Abbrevs are loaded from a Emacs-LISP file. The traditional location of
@@ Line 14: / Line 17: @@
 The format of the sections in this file is the following:
+ <nowiki>
-(define-abbrev-table 'xxxx-mode-abbrev-table '(
+ (define-abbrev-table 'xxxx-mode-abbrev-table '(
-  ("abbr" "text to expand for abbr" nil 0)
+   ("abbr" "text to expand for abbr" nil 0)
-  ("other" "other text" nil 0)
+   ("other" "other text" nil 0)
-             ...
+              ...
-  ))
+   ))</nowiki>
 Example:
+ <nowiki>
-(define-abbrev-table 'html-mode-abbrev-table '(
+ (define-abbrev-table 'html-mode-abbrev-table '(
-  ("htmls" "<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n<style></style>\n</head>\n<body>\n</body>\n</html>\n" nil 0)
+   ("htmls" "<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n<style></style>\n</head>\n<body>\n</body>\n</html>\n" nil 0)
-  ("table" "<table>\n</table>" nil 0)
+   ("table" "<table>\n</table>" nil 0)
-  ("tr" "<tr><td></td></tr>" nil 0)
+   ("tr" "<tr><td></td></tr>" nil 0)
-  ("td" "<td>  </td>")
+   ("td" "<td>  </td>")
-      ... other usefull and frequently used HTML definitions here ...
+   ... other usefull and frequently used HTML definitions here ...
-  ))
+   ))</nowiki>
 Abbrev files can be read using this Emacs Lisp call:
-(read-abbrev-file "~/.abbrev_defs")
+ (read-abbrev-file "~/.abbrev_defs")
 You can use it dynamically as a Emacs command:
-M-x read-abbrev-file
+ M-x read-abbrev-file
 There is a minor mode of Emacs called Abbrev-mode. It can be
 switched on an off with this command:
-M-x abbrev-mode
+ M-x abbrev-mode
 If you (as me, rcaguiar) don't like very much this mode, you can
 disable it in .emacs file adding the following line:
-(setq default-abbrev-mode -1)
+ (setq default-abbrev-mode -1)
 At the end of Emacs session it usually writes the current Abbrevs to
@@ Line 53: / Line 56: @@
 .emacs file:
-(setq save-abbrevs nil)
+ (setq save-abbrevs nil)
 To make the use of Abbrevs less invasive as Abbrev Mode, you can use the
@@ Line 61: / Line 64: @@
 .emacs file:
-(global-set-key [f4] 'expand-abbrev)
+ (global-set-key [f4] 'expand-abbrev)