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From: neilc@natmlab.dms.oz (Neil Crellin)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Using abbrev mode while editing {La,}TeX?
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Date: 30 Jul 89 15:30:16 GMT
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Reply-To: neilc@natmlab.dms.oz (Neil Crellin)
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Any tips on how I can get abbrev-mode to do what I want in the following
situation. When typing a document I want an abbrev so that whenever I
type Z, it's expanded to {\bf Z}. Using C-x + or C-x C-a in abbrev-mode
with any sort of number prefix doesn't give me what I want.  It either
doesn't give me enough of the text or grabs the words beyond.  Worse, if
I edit the abbrev file directly, even avoiding the problems caused by \b
meaning backspace, the `b' in \bf is always capitalised, which LaTeX
isn't happy with. I've got around it for the moment by not using abbrev
mode and having {\bf Z} in my keyboard macro and getting it typed in
with C-x e.

Any suggestions appreciated.

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Neil Crellin, CSIRO Maths & Stats, Sydney, Australia. (neilc@natmlab.dms.oz.au)
PO Box 218, Lindfield, NSW 2070.  (ph) +61 2 413 7721 (fax) +61 2 416 9317