A negative argument means to undefine the specified abbrev.
Reads the abbreviation in the minibuffer.
+See also `inverse-add-mode-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.
+
Don't use this function in a Lisp program; use `define-abbrev' instead."
(interactive "p")
(add-abbrev
A negative argument means to undefine the specified abbrev.
This command uses the minibuffer to read the abbreviation.
+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.
+
Don't use this function in a Lisp program; use `define-abbrev' instead."
(interactive "p")
(add-abbrev global-abbrev-table "Global" arg))
"Define last word before point as a mode-specific abbrev.
With prefix argument N, defines the Nth word before point.
This command uses the minibuffer to read the expansion.
-Expands the abbreviation after defining it."
+Expands the abbreviation after defining it.
+
+See also `add-mode-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."
(interactive "p")
(inverse-add-abbrev
(if only-global-abbrevs
"Define last word before point as a global (mode-independent) abbrev.
With prefix argument N, defines the Nth word before point.
This command uses the minibuffer to read the expansion.
-Expands the abbreviation after defining it."
+Expands the abbreviation after defining it.
+
+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."
(interactive "p")
(inverse-add-abbrev global-abbrev-table "Global" n))