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From: jthomas@nmsu.CSNET
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Subject: Re: abbrev-mode vs (insert "abbrev")
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Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 11:34:34 EDT
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Re: my message Message-Id: <8709031458.AA24875@tesuque>

> From: John Robinson <jr%lf-server-2.bbn.com>

> Something like this will do it, I think:

> (defun foo ()
>   (progn
>     (let ((beg (point)))
>       (insert "if " (read-string "<boolean-expression>: "))
>       (expand-region-abbrevs beg (point) 1))
>     ))

> /jr

Thank you, but...  I had considered using expand-region-abbrevs , but
the language mode really shouldn't have to know anything at all about
whether abbrev-mode is on or not.  Shouldn't abbrev-mode have to know
that insert (and presumably some other things) have to be redefined?
Or is that just as gross?

Jim Thomas	jthomas@nmsu.CSNET	formerly JNTCS@UNO.BITNET