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From: cimeti@nucsrl.UUCP (Israel Cimet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Something that does fast expansion of text abbreviations?
Message-ID: <6340015@nucsrl.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 88 01:52:18 GMT
References: <592@gucis.oz>
Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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>Does anyone know of either a similar DA or a word processor that will let
>you type  in an abbreviation that will be automatically expanded as soon as 
>you type white space? 

>Thanks,
>Derek Austin		ACSnet:		derek@gucis.oz	
>Australia		PHONE:  	+61 7 369 4099
>UUCP:	{seismo,hplabs,mcvax,ukc,nttlab}!munnari!gucis.oz!derek

There is an init called Key-Str that does exactly what you are asking
for (although the abbreviation file is set through a DA). I have not
used it extensively (in my SE) but everything indicates that it works.

Is this the one that you were using??.

BTW, I think that QuickKeys can also do this type of translation.

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I. Arieh Cimet
Northwestern University