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Is there a way to get abbrev expansion on a lower case abbrev but not on its upper case version?

E.g.: I have "r" expanding to "are". I'd like "R" to stay "R".

I don't necessarily want to get rid of capitalization completely, so I'd still like "Btw" to expand to "By the way", but if there is no other option I'd take it.

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Yes: just put a non-nil value for the :case-fixed property.

(define-abbrev my-foo-abbrev-table "r" "EmacsRocks" nil
               :case-fixed t)

See C-h v define-abbrev RET for more details.

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  • Thanks! Even better, you can do it also in define-abbrev-table. The property has to go before the counter value. E.g.: ("r" "are" nil :case-fixed t 332)
    – user673592
    Commented Apr 6, 2016 at 7:34
  • Yes, it can be applied to the whole abbrev table, if you prefer. As for the position of the counter: not really! the counter value is just another property, so it should be ("r" "are" nil :case-fixed t :counter 332) but the ordering of the properties doesn't matter.
    – Stefan
    Commented Apr 6, 2016 at 11:47

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