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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/abbrev.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/abbrev.el | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/abbrev.el b/lisp/abbrev.el index 734cefbb7be..f0fc59f31e8 100644 --- a/lisp/abbrev.el +++ b/lisp/abbrev.el @@ -150,11 +150,12 @@ Otherwise display all abbrevs." (defun edit-abbrevs () "Alter abbrev definitions by editing a list of them. Selects a buffer containing a list of abbrev definitions with -point located in the abbrev table of current buffer. +point located in the abbrev table for the current buffer, and +turns on `edit-abbrevs-mode' in that buffer. You can edit them and type \\<edit-abbrevs-map>\\[edit-abbrevs-redefine] to redefine abbrevs according to your editing. -Buffer contains a header line for each abbrev table, - which is the abbrev table name in parentheses. +The abbrevs editing buffer contains a header line for each +abbrev table, which is the abbrev table name in parentheses. This is followed by one line per abbrev in that table: NAME USECOUNT EXPANSION HOOK where NAME and EXPANSION are strings with quotes, @@ -1022,7 +1023,9 @@ SORTFUN is passed to `sort' to change the default ordering." ;; Keep it after define-abbrev-table, since define-derived-mode uses ;; define-abbrev-table. (define-derived-mode edit-abbrevs-mode fundamental-mode "Edit-Abbrevs" - "Major mode for editing the list of abbrev definitions.") + "Major mode for editing the list of abbrev definitions. +This mode is for editing abbrevs in a buffer prepared by `edit-abbrevs', +which see.") (provide 'abbrev) |