Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!apple!oliveb!mipos3!mipos2.intel.com!sundar From: sundar@mipos2.intel.com (Sundar Iyengar~) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs Subject: Regional Abbrev Expansion Message-ID: <1137@mipos3.intel.com> Date: 25 Oct 89 20:49:59 GMT Sender: news@mipos3.intel.com Reply-To: sundar@mipos2.intel.com (Sundar Iyengar~) Distribution: gnu Organization: Microprocessor Component Group, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA Lines: 17 Is it possible, in GNU emacs, to restrict the abbreviation expansion to certain pre-defined regions within a buffer? I used someone's suggestion about using abbreviations for mail aliases (it is a wonderful and useful idead), but now, I want the expansion applied only when I am typing in the "To:" field. Thanks. sundar --------------------------------------------------------- Sundar Iyengar Microprocessor Design UUCP: intelca!mipos3!mipos2!sundar Intel, SC4-59 ARPA: sundar@mipos2.intel.com 2625, Walsh Avenue CSNET: sundar@mipos2.intel.com Santa Clara, CA 95051 AT&T: O: (408) 765-5206 ---------------------------------------------------------