(defun edit-abbrevs ()
"Alter abbrev definitions by editing a list of them.
Selects a buffer containing a list of abbrev definitions with
-point located in the abbrev table of current buffer.
+point located in the abbrev table for the current buffer, and
+turns on `edit-abbrevs-mode' in that buffer.
You can edit them and type \\<edit-abbrevs-map>\\[edit-abbrevs-redefine] to redefine abbrevs
according to your editing.
-Buffer contains a header line for each abbrev table,
- which is the abbrev table name in parentheses.
+The abbrevs editing buffer contains a header line for each
+abbrev table, which is the abbrev table name in parentheses.
This is followed by one line per abbrev in that table:
NAME USECOUNT EXPANSION HOOK
where NAME and EXPANSION are strings with quotes,
;; Keep it after define-abbrev-table, since define-derived-mode uses
;; define-abbrev-table.
(define-derived-mode edit-abbrevs-mode fundamental-mode "Edit-Abbrevs"
- "Major mode for editing the list of abbrev definitions.")
+ "Major mode for editing the list of abbrev definitions.
+This mode is for editing abbrevs in a buffer prepared by `edit-abbrevs',
+which see.")
(provide 'abbrev)