Questions tagged [abbrev]
is for the abbreviation feature of Emacs where a string of characters are expanded to a longer string. Mainly used to reduce typing, `abbrev` are recorded in a table that is shared locally, among buffers of the same major mode, or even globally. Some Emacs features, such as mail, implement their own `abbrev` functionality. Use additional tags when appropriate.
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How can I get the :regexp property for abbrev to work?
I have a local abbrev table set up in a file. I have an abbrev that has the "+" character. By default, abbrev will not expand this abbrev because it sees "+" as a word boundary.
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Seamlessly replace a keyboard input key sequence
I need something like abbrev, just without any extra spaces, including spaces which trigger the replacement. I experimented with keyboard shortcuts, like this:
;;(general-auto-unbind-keys)
(global-set-...
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abbrev-mode not being enabled with value 1
With the following function doing (protabbrev) does not enable abbrev-mode even though protabbrev-state is 1. What could be the reason?
(defvar-local protabbrev-state nil)
(defun protabbrev (&...
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Setting abbrev-mode variables before enabling abbrev-mode
Have done some tests with abbrev-mode variables. I can set global-abbrev-table even when abbrev-mode has not been enabled yet with a hook or with (abbrev-mode 1). How does this happen?
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Looping defconst to fill global-abbrev-table
I have about 30 defconsts for abbrevs and want to loop them to fill global-abbrev-table.
(defconst tablet1
'( ("all" "l") ("as" "as") ("can&...
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Add multiple lists to global-abbrev-table
How can I add multiple lists to global-abbrev-table?
(defconst tablet1
'( ("all" "l") ("as" "as") ("can" "k")
("some&...
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Enabling and disabling abbrev globally and by major-mode
Have noticed that abbrev-mode only works for the current buffer. Thus using the following configuration does not enable abbrev-mode when I load an org-mode file.
(require 'toro)
(toro-abbrev)
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(abbrev-mode 1) not enabling automatic abbreviation
I have an elisp file named toro.el that I want to call in my init file
(defconst tablet2
'( ("is" "s") ("it" "t") ("know" "no"...
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Automatic abbrev expansion as you type?
Is C-x ' the only way that abbrev expansion is invoked, or is there a way to expand abbrevs automatically, as you type, a bit like company-mode does.
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Abbrev with different tables
I am trying to use abbrev-mode but having great difficulty how to make it work for me.
I want to have different replacement tables that I can use for abbrev.
(setq word-table-2
'( ("all" ...
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Word sequences to abbreviated forms
Is there a way to change words or a sequence of words into abbreviated forms. about to ab; after to af; between to bt?
And doing the reverse as well, with an abbreviated word showing a list showing ...
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Tools for conversion of a machine-readable list of misspellings autocorrection to an Emacs abbrev table
There is already a sample autocorrection abbrev_defs file on Emacs wiki:
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/autocorrection_abbrev_defs
There are other more comprehensive common misspellings ...
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Can I somehow code dynamic "macros" that calls elisp code when I type certain things in a text-mode (or org-mode) buffer?
Short version
When I, in the middle of a text-mode or org-mode buffer, type a line that looks like this:
>1d6
... I want Emacs to generate a random number between 1 and 6, and insert it on the ...
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Expanding phrases not merely words in abbrev-mode
Emacs abbrev-mode is very helpful for expanding words into other words or phrases. For example, I can ask Emacs to expand "edv" into "Emacs Developmental Version". However, it ...
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How to automatically disable abbrev-mode when entering math environment?
I use abbrev-mode mostly for usual text in LaTeX. How can I automatically disable it when entering math environment?
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How to configure Emacs to list the most recently used (MRU) completion options first?
I find autocomplete features in Emacs very helpful. Every time I type a partial word, it infers what the word I have in mind based on some history it has seen so far. I am not exactly sure how. I've ...
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Can I use an abbrev that starts with a backslash? [duplicate]
I want to type certain unicode characters using backslashes, but it seems that abbrev-mode ignores such strings.
For example, I'd like \approx to expand to ≈.
If I have this:
(define-abbrev-table '...
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How to share `abbrev_defs` across multiple systems
I keep my abbrev_defs file in a git repository so I can share my abbreviations across systems. Unfortunately, the count feature of abbrev-mode leads to little changes in the :count property of defined ...
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Practical emacs abbrev-mode
Following up on Different abbrevs for each major mode, which covers the first step that I found from here. And now, trying to cover to the next step.
In summary,
the first step, i.e., Different ...
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Expanding Abbrev Mode Alphabet
Is it possible to write some elisp code so that we can use numbers for Abbrev Mode abbreviations? E.g.,
m2 -> me too
h4 -> hope for
gr8 -> greate
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Different abbrevs for each major mode
The https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AbbrevMode says
You can have different abbrevs for each mode (cperl, c++, Message);
but it doesn't show exactly how, yet that's exactly what I am looking for. So,
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How to prevent <RET> from triggering abbrev expansion?
I am trying to stop emacs from expanding abbrevs after I press the return key. If I press return, I simply want to create a new line without expanding any abbrev at point.
I am relatively new at elisp....
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Multiple files for reading abbreviations?
Is it possible to have multiple files to tell emacs reads abbrevs? In other words I would like that emacs reads abbrevs from files A and B, but write abbrevs only in A.
Is it possible?
(setq abbrev-...
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How to disable Emacs asking if user wants to save abbrevs defined with :system property in a major mode
My Emacs version is 27.1
I am developing a major mode and I want to include some abbrevs to ship with it. I noticed that Emacs asks if user wants to save the abbrevs even if abbrevs have property :...
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Org-mode: disable abbrev-mode in source blocks
I use org-mode to write an executable paper, combining text and code. I make use of abbrev-mode to insert text more efficiently (e.g. type 'bc' to insert 'because') and to correct spelling errors. Is ...
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Abbrev capitalizes first character
The Qt framework has lots of camel case and pascal case keywords (e.g. textEdited or QWidget). To avoid pressing Shift constantly, I call add-global-abbrev to add a lowercase abbrev and use abbrev-...
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Replace a character with a string as it is typed
I would like to do the following: activate some mode so that whenener I type the $ character in my buffer, it immediately gets replaced by <m>.
Even better: when I type $ it puts <m></m&...
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Completion of sentences stored in a file
I know this question is similar to completion of a sentence rather than word but I ask anyway since I suggest another way of storing what is supposed to be auto-completed.
Suppose I stored some ...
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How can I make abbreviations expand instantly?
Is there a way to make emacs expand abbreviations as soon as I finish typing them, rather than having to use a key combination, tab, or space?
For example, I want "`a" to expand to "\alpha". It would ...
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How to insert the current date into a file using abbrev or similar?
I'd like to replicate something in emacs that I do in AutoHotkey all the time:
type td
have that string be replaced with the current date
I'm trying to do this with Emacs abbrevs but I'm running ...
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Abbrevs and UTF-8
For writing texts on spectroscopy I would like to use abbrevs for common notations for spectral lines. However, the method outlined in the documentation for defining abbrevs with C-x a l or C-x a g ...
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abbreviations do not expand
My abbreviations are not expanding when I type the abbreviations
I have the following in my ~/.emacs for initiating the abbrev mode
(setq-default abbrev-mode t)
(setq save-abbrevs t)
(setq abbrev-...
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Is it possible to have expand abbreviations when calling a skeleton-read?
I have a large set of abbreviations I defined inside an abbrev-table. Take one of them:
(define-abbrev-table 'latex-mode-abbrev-table
'(("ff" "my abbreviation!" 0 nil)))
If I run a predefined ...
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How can I always expand abbrevs with prefixes?
How can I remove the need to use M-' for abbrevs with a prefix?
From the manual:
You may wish to expand an abbrev and attach a prefix to the expansion; for example, if cnst expands into ...
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Don't consider space and tab as abbrev-expand commands, but keep the C-x whatever shortcuts intact
I read the docs (at bottom) but can't figure this out.
I just started using "abbrev.el", and find that pressing
space,
tab,
C-x ', C-x a ', C-x a e
can cause the expansion to happen.
what if I find ...
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Why does emacs add a tab to the current line when I use "expand abbreviation" feature?
Apologies if my question is silly, it's my first day
using abbrev expand.
I have an abbrev set up like this
"bm" 3 "bookmarks-acd1fe"
When I press bm tab, I end up with
bookmarks-...
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Expand abbrev on two spaces
I want to expand abbrev when I type two spaces instead of one. Is there any way to do it? Simply adding a space to the abbrev pattern doesn't work -- the abbrev is still expanded on the first space.
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abbrevs not expanding
I have wrote the following abbrev definition file, and saved it as my_abbrev.el:
(define-abbrev-table 'global-abbrev-table '(
("else__" "else begin
end")
))
;; turn on abbrev mode globally
(...
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Abbrevs with interstitial capital letters
Whenever I type YouTrack, abbrev erroneously corrects it to Youtrack. I noticed that in my abbrevs file it has ("youtrack" "youtrack" nil :count 7). Why is that there, and how can I get abbrev to ...
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How to expand abbrevs without hitting another extra key?
How can I expand oe to ö immediately after hitting the e without hitting any extra key like space for expansion?
Why? For better ergonomics I've remapped some keys like ö, ü and thus must write them ...
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Using a common set of abbreviation for multiple major modes
I use multiple programming languages, and there are a considerable number of abbreviations that I use across all of their corresponding major mode (they are usually name of certain variables, but not ...
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How to use abbrevs
I find using abbrevs in Emacs confusing. Despite reading the manual and the EmacsWiki, I continue to have problems using them.
Goal:
Define a quick, throw-away abbrev for a single Emacs session.
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evil-mode unwanted abbrev expand (setq evil-want-abbrev-expand-on-insert-exit nil)
Upon escaping evil-insert-state, if the cursor is next to a letter/phrase in my abbrev list, it expands despite having
(setq evil-want-abbrev-expand-on-insert-exit nil)
called before evil-mode. ...
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Define abbrev for `helm-mini`
I am trying to define an abbreviation for helm-mini, I would like d to expand to *dired. When I try my usual way of *dired C-x a i l, I get an error saying Command attempted to use minibuffer while in ...
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Hooking on to abbreviation expansion
I don't know exactly how abbrev-mode works, but I suppose certain
keys --spaces and stops-- cause an examination of the word before
point, and a replacement of it in some cases. My question is how ...
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use a single abbrev-table for multiple modes?
I would like for all my text-based modes (org, markdown, message, mu4e-compose, etc) to use a single abbrev-table, and especially, to add new abbrevs to that shared table whenever I'm in one of those ...
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Automatically `expand-abbrev` with `org-meta-return` and `org-insert-heading-respect-content`
I take notes with org-mode and abbrev-mode. Normally pressing SPC or RET leads to any abbreviations at point expanding before the edit is made.
This doesn't happen when I use C-RET (org-insert-...
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Best pratice advices for abbrev vs. completion vs. snippets
I am not sure if this is really a proper question but I am interested in having some opinions about the most efficient usage of Emacs' abbreviations features (abbrev/dabbrev) in combination with auto-...
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Use abbrev to expand "-->"
I want to type "--> " and have it automatically converted into "→ ". Is there a way to do this using Abbrev?
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How to define abbrev boundaries and where to put them?
I'm new to Emacs and Common Lisp. I'm wanting to use abbrev-mode to replace standard Common Lisp function names with aliases that I have created. So for example, I would like to replace the following ...
