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From: akira@atson.asahi-np.co.jp (Akira Takiguchi)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Who invented `dabbrev-expand'?
Message-ID: <1123@anprda.atson.asahi-np.co.jp>
Date: 5 Feb 91 08:16:35 GMT
Reply-To: akira@anprda.atson.asahi-np.co.jp (Akira Takiguchi)
Organization: ATSON, Inc.
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     Hello editor historians :-),

     You know, GNU emacs has a neat feature called `dabbrev-expand', a
dynamic abbreviation expansion mechanism.  I like it very much.

     My question is:  Where did it come from?  Is it an original feature
of GNU emacs (or original tecomacs)?  If not, who invented it?  I'm
interested in it because word processors from Sharp have similar mechanism
(though it is for Japansese text) for a long time, and I wish to know who
is the pioneer of this feature.

[Since I can't receive Email from outside Japan, please post replies here,
 sorry for inconvenience ]
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