pabbrev.el minor release

[Phillip Lord]

Minor bug fixes. 



Removed XEmacs easy-mmode workaround, as it shouldn't be needed. 
Added gnus-article-mode to avoided modes.


Commentary:

The code provides a abbreviation expansion for Emacs.  Its fairly
similar to "dabbrev" expansion, which works based on the contents
of the current buffer (or other buffers).

Predictive abbreviation expansion works based on the previously
written text.  Unlike dynamic abbreviation, the text is analysed
during idle time, while Emacs is doing nothing else.  `pabbrev-mode'
tells you when this is happening.  If this irritates you unset
`pabbrev-idle-timer-verbose'.  The advantage of this is that its
very quick to look up potential abbreviations, which means that the
can be constantly displayed, without interfering with the user as
they type.  Certainly it works for me, on an old laptop, typing as
fast as I can (which is fast, since I learnt to type with four
fingers).

pabbrev's main entry point is through the minor mode
`pabbrev-mode'.  There is also a global minor mode, called
`global-pabbrev-mode', which does the same in all appropriate
buffers.

The current user interface looks like so...

p[oint]
pr[ogn]
pre[-command-hook]
pred[ictive]

As the user types the system narrows down the possibilities.  The
narrowing is based on how many times the words have been used
previously.  By hitting [tab] at any point the user can complete the
word.  The [tab] key is normally bound to `indent-line'.
`pabbrev-mode' preserves access to this command (or whatever else
[tab] was bound to), if there is not current expansion.

pabbrev.el
Description: application/emacs-lisp