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bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings |
Date: |
Fri, 20 May 2022 10:41:56 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> When using abbrev commands I'm always confused by which
> is the abbrev and which is the expansion. I think there are a
> few reasons for this.
The unhelpful abbrev docstrings and prompts is a known problem.
Recently I tried to ameliorate this problem by adding these new sections
to the docstrings:
See also ‘inverse-add-global-abbrev’, which performs the opposite task:
if the abbrev text is already in the buffer, use this command to
define an abbrev by specifying the expansion in the minibuffer.
and
See also ‘add-global-abbrev’, which performs the opposite task:
if the expansion is already in the buffer, use this command
to define an abbrev by specifying the abbrev in the minibuffer.
So every time I use this feature, I have to consult these parts
of docstrings to recall what these commands do.
> I think these would be clearer:
>
> Use word(s) before point as the expansion of a new global abbrev.
> Use word before point as the abbreviation of a new global abbrev.
>
> [...]
>
> Global abbrev for expansion "foo":
> Global expansion of abbrev "foo":
Thanks, these and other such changes would be much of help.
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, (continued)
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Howard Melman, 2022/05/20
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/20
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Howard Melman, 2022/05/20
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/21
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Howard Melman, 2022/05/21
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/21
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Howard Melman, 2022/05/21
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/21
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Howard Melman, 2022/05/21
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/05/21
bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings,
Juri Linkov <=