From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:54:36 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Clarify where insert-abbrevs puts point. X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~11029 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a080ff1ea639fc1f863498a3b33fb8ab384aa9b;p=emacs.git Clarify where insert-abbrevs puts point. Clarify how C-u - M-/ searches. --- diff --git a/man/abbrevs.texi b/man/abbrevs.texi index d05d257c6ed..55f9712ef92 100644 --- a/man/abbrevs.texi +++ b/man/abbrevs.texi @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ variable @code{save-abbrevs} to @code{nil}. @findex define-abbrevs The commands @kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} and @kbd{M-x define-abbrevs} are similar to the previous commands but work on text in an Emacs buffer. -@kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} inserts text into the current buffer before point, +@kbd{M-x insert-abbrevs} inserts text into the current buffer after point, describing all current abbrev definitions; @kbd{M-x define-abbrevs} parses the entire current buffer and defines abbrevs accordingly.@refill @@ -370,10 +370,12 @@ expressions. If a buffer's name matches any of these regular expressions, dynamic abbrev expansion skips that buffer. A negative argument to @kbd{M-/}, as in @kbd{C-u - M-/}, says to -search first for expansions after point, and second for expansions -before point. If you repeat the @kbd{M-/} to look for another -expansion, do not specify an argument. This tries all the expansions -after point and then the expansions before point. +search first for expansions after point, then other buffers, and +consider expansions before point only as a last resort. + + If you repeat the @kbd{M-/} to look for another expansion, do not +specify an argument. This tries all the expansions after point and +then the expansions before point. After you have expanded a dynamic abbrev, you can copy additional words that follow the expansion in its original context. Simply type