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diff --git a/man/abbrevs.texi b/man/abbrevs.texi index 9ec427dc1b7..1a6b81d971e 100644 --- a/man/abbrevs.texi +++ b/man/abbrevs.texi @@ -286,20 +286,23 @@ that, when executed, define the same abbrevs that you currently have. @findex read-abbrev-file @findex quietly-read-abbrev-file @vindex abbrev-file-name - @kbd{M-x read-abbrev-file} reads a file name using the minibuffer and -then reads the file, defining abbrevs according to the contents of the -file. @kbd{M-x quietly-read-abbrev-file} is the same except that it -does not display a message in the echo area saying that it is doing its -work; it is actually useful primarily in the @file{.emacs} file. If an -empty argument is given to either of these functions, they use the file -name specified in the variable @code{abbrev-file-name}, which is by -default @code{"~/.abbrev_defs"}. + @kbd{M-x read-abbrev-file} reads a file name using the minibuffer +and then reads the file, defining abbrevs according to the contents of +the file. The function @code{quietly-read-abbrev-file} is similar +except that it does not display a message in the echo area; you cannot +invoke it interactively, and it is used primarily in the @file{.emacs} +file. If either of these functions is called with @code{nil} as the +argument, it uses the file name specified in the variable +@code{abbrev-file-name}, which is by default @code{"~/.abbrev_defs"}. +That file is your standard abbrev definition file, and Emacs loads +abbrevs from it automatically when it starts up. @vindex save-abbrevs - Emacs will offer to save abbrevs automatically if you have changed any of -them, whenever it offers to save all files (for @kbd{C-x s} or @kbd{C-x -C-c}). This feature can be inhibited by setting the variable -@code{save-abbrevs} to @code{nil}. + Emacs will offer to save abbrevs automatically if you have changed +any of them, whenever it offers to save all files (for @kbd{C-x s} or +@kbd{C-x C-c}). It saves them in the file specified by +@code{abbrev-file-name}. This feature can be inhibited by setting the +variable @code{save-abbrevs} to @code{nil}. @findex insert-abbrevs @findex define-abbrevs |