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bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings
From: |
Howard Melman |
Subject: |
bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings |
Date: |
Fri, 20 May 2022 09:12:20 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (darwin) |
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
> The unhelpful abbrev docstrings and prompts is a known problem.
Thanks for saying so, I wasn't sure if I was the only one
confused by them.
> Recently I tried to ameliorate this problem by adding
> these new sections to the docstrings:
I saw these were added 9 months ago and they are indeed
helpful, thanks.
>> 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.
Thanks for the confirmation.
--
Howard
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- 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, 2022/05/20
- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings,
Howard Melman <=