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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/dabbrev.el')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dabbrev.el b/lisp/dabbrev.el index fd7517945c3..e2f98bedba1 100644 --- a/lisp/dabbrev.el +++ b/lisp/dabbrev.el @@ -104,18 +104,18 @@ :group 'convenience) (defcustom dabbrev-backward-only nil - "*If non-nil, `dabbrev-expand' only looks backwards." + "If non-nil, `dabbrev-expand' only looks backwards." :type 'boolean :group 'dabbrev) (defcustom dabbrev-limit nil - "*Limits region searched by `dabbrev-expand' to this many chars away." + "Limits region searched by `dabbrev-expand' to this many chars away." :type '(choice (const :tag "off" nil) integer) :group 'dabbrev) (defcustom dabbrev-abbrev-skip-leading-regexp nil - "*Regexp for skipping leading characters of an abbreviation. + "Regexp for skipping leading characters of an abbreviation. Example: Set this to \"\\\\$\" for programming languages in which variable names may appear with or without a leading `$'. @@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ Set this to nil if no characters should be skipped." :group 'dabbrev) (defcustom dabbrev-eliminate-newlines t - "*Non-nil means dabbrev should not insert newlines. + "Non-nil means dabbrev should not insert newlines. Instead it converts them to spaces." :type 'boolean :group 'dabbrev) (defcustom dabbrev-case-fold-search 'case-fold-search - "*Control whether dabbrev searches should ignore case. + "Control whether dabbrev searches should ignore case. A value of nil means case is significant. A value of `case-fold-search' means case is significant if `case-fold-search' is nil. @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Any other non-nil version means case is not significant." :group 'dabbrev) (defcustom dabbrev-upcase-means-case-search nil - "*The significance of an uppercase character in an abbreviation. + "The significance of an uppercase character in an abbreviation. A nil value means case fold search when searching for possible expansions; non-nil means case sensitive search. @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ This variable has an effect only when the value of :group 'dabbrev) (defcustom dabbrev-case-distinction 'case-replace - "*Whether dabbrev treats expansions as the same if they differ in case. + "Whether dabbrev treats expansions as the same if they differ in case. A value of nil means treat them as different. A value of `case-replace' means distinguish them if `case-replace' is nil. @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ This variable has an effect only when the value of :version "22.1") (defcustom dabbrev-case-replace 'case-replace - "*Whether dabbrev applies the abbreviations's case pattern to the expansion. + "Whether dabbrev applies the abbreviations's case pattern to the expansion. A value of nil means preserve the expansion's case pattern. A value of `case-replace' means preserve it if `case-replace' is nil. @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ This variable has an effect only when the value of :group 'dabbrev) (defcustom dabbrev-abbrev-char-regexp nil - "*Regexp to recognize a character in an abbreviation or expansion. + "Regexp to recognize a character in an abbreviation or expansion. This regexp will be surrounded with \\\\( ... \\\\) when actually used. Set this variable to \"\\\\sw\" if you want ordinary words or @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ The recommended value is \"\\\\sw\\\\|\\\\s_\"." :group 'dabbrev) (defcustom dabbrev-check-all-buffers t - "*Non-nil means dabbrev package should search *all* buffers. + "Non-nil means dabbrev package should search *all* buffers. Dabbrev always searches the current buffer first. Then, if `dabbrev-check-other-buffers' says so, it searches the buffers @@ -222,21 +222,21 @@ or matched by `dabbrev-ignored-regexps'." :group 'dabbrev) (defcustom dabbrev-ignored-buffer-names '("*Messages*" "*Buffer List*") - "*List of buffer names that dabbrev should not check. + "List of buffer names that dabbrev should not check. See also `dabbrev-ignored-buffer-regexps'." :type '(repeat (string :tag "Buffer name")) :group 'dabbrev :version "20.3") (defcustom dabbrev-ignored-buffer-regexps nil - "*List of regexps matching names of buffers that dabbrev should not check. + "List of regexps matching names of buffers that dabbrev should not check. See also `dabbrev-ignored-buffer-names'." :type '(repeat regexp) :group 'dabbrev :version "21.1") (defcustom dabbrev-check-other-buffers t - "*Should \\[dabbrev-expand] look in other buffers?\ + "Should \\[dabbrev-expand] look in other buffers?\ nil: Don't look in other buffers. t: Also look for expansions in the buffers pointed out by @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ for an example. A mode setting this variable should make it buffer local.") (defcustom dabbrev-friend-buffer-function 'dabbrev--same-major-mode-p - "*A function to decide whether dabbrev should search OTHER-BUFFER. + "A function to decide whether dabbrev should search OTHER-BUFFER. The function should take one argument, OTHER-BUFFER, and return non-nil if that buffer should be searched. Have a look at `dabbrev--same-major-mode-p' for an example. |