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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2006-12-10 03:13:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2006-12-10 03:13:00 +0000 |
| commit | 4c3384fa02f3d2358290994a697df345982eac12 (patch) | |
| tree | 4680ca93371424347ff5f5971e92b9af36a76364 /lispref | |
| parent | 9e7287f49a1b063f92d171b9d929fe184252ce0d (diff) | |
| download | emacs-4c3384fa02f3d2358290994a697df345982eac12.tar.gz | |
(Defining Abbrevs): Abbrev tables may not be empty when major modes
are loaded.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/abbrevs.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/abbrevs.texi b/lispref/abbrevs.texi index 56d08c7393b..6facbf1e3b8 100644 --- a/lispref/abbrevs.texi +++ b/lispref/abbrevs.texi @@ -131,9 +131,12 @@ to add these to @var{name} separately.) @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Defining Abbrevs @code{define-abbrev} is the low-level basic function for defining an -abbrev in a specified abbrev table. When major modes predefine -standard abbrevs, they should call @code{define-abbrev} and specify -@code{t} for @var{system-flag}. +abbrev in a specified abbrev table. When major modes predefine standard +abbrevs, they should call @code{define-abbrev} and specify @code{t} for +@var{system-flag}. Be aware that any saved non-``system'' abbrevs are +restored at startup, i.e. before some major modes are loaded. Major modes +should therefore not assume that when they are first loaded their abbrev +tables are empty. @defun define-abbrev table name expansion &optional hook count system-flag This function defines an abbrev named @var{name}, in @var{table}, to |