From e319d01792c29206f0f4517d6de77609e407f585 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:03:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Expanding Abbrevs): Clarify. --- man/abbrevs.texi | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/abbrevs.texi b/man/abbrevs.texi index e8cf2dc9c49..25162ba1f72 100644 --- a/man/abbrevs.texi +++ b/man/abbrevs.texi @@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ point and you type a self-inserting whitespace or punctuation character (@key{SPC}, comma, etc.@:). More precisely, any character that is not a word constituent expands an abbrev, and any word-constituent character can be part of an abbrev. The most common way to use an abbrev is to -insert it and then insert a punctuation character to expand it. +insert it and then insert a punctuation or whitespace character to expand it. @vindex abbrev-all-caps Abbrev expansion preserves case; thus, @samp{foo} expands into @samp{find outer otter}; @samp{Foo} into @samp{Find outer otter}, and @samp{FOO} into @samp{FIND OUTER OTTER} or @samp{Find Outer Otter} according to the -variable @code{abbrev-all-caps} (a non-@code{nil} value chooses the first -of the two expansions). +variable @code{abbrev-all-caps} (setting it non-@code{nil} specifies +@samp{FIND OUTER OTTER}}. These commands are used to control abbrev expansion: -- 2.39.2