29 Abbrevs

A defined abbrev is a word which expands, if you insert it, into some different text. Abbrevs are defined by the user to expand in specific ways. For example, you might define ‘foo’ as an abbrev expanding to ‘find outer otter’. Then you could insert ‘find outer otter ’ into the buffer by typing f o o SPC.

A second kind of abbreviation facility is called dynamic abbrev expansion. You use dynamic abbrev expansion with an explicit command to expand the letters in the buffer before point by looking for other words in the buffer that start with those letters. See Dynamic Abbrevs.

A third kind, hippie expansion, generalizes abbreviation expansion. See Hippie Expansion in Features for Automatic Typing.

• Abbrev Concepts		Fundamentals of defined abbrevs.
• Defining Abbrevs		Defining an abbrev, so it will expand when typed.
• Expanding Abbrevs		Controlling expansion: prefixes, canceling expansion.
• Editing Abbrevs		Viewing or editing the entire list of defined abbrevs.
• Saving Abbrevs		Saving the entire list of abbrevs for another session.
• Dynamic Abbrevs		Abbreviations for words already in the buffer.
• Dabbrev Customization		What is a word, for dynamic abbrevs. Case handling.