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bug#5936: 23.1.95; fix a bug in abbrev--before-point
From: |
Leo |
Subject: |
bug#5936: 23.1.95; fix a bug in abbrev--before-point |
Date: |
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:15:11 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
On 2010-04-12 19:25 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> If you use the :regexp property in an abbrev table, all abbrevs in that
>> table will fail except those with only one char.
>
> Not at all. But you may get such a result if you use a naive regexp, yes.
>
>> This is because of a regexp match in abbrev--before-point which only
>> looks back one char.
>
> No, this is because the regexp you have to use must match part of the
> text *before* the abbrev. That's why the doc for define-abbrev-table
> gives as example \<\(\w+\)\W* rather than just \(\w+\)\W*.
Thank you for the clarification.
The bug can be closed.
> Stefan
Leo