Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!diku!daimi!jnp
From: jnp@daimi.UUCP (J|rgen N|rgaard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Something that does fast expansion of text abbreviations?
Message-ID: <1302@daimi.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 88 08:01:56 GMT
References: <592@gucis.oz> <6340015@nucsrl.UUCP>
Reply-To: jnp@daimi.dk (J|rgen N|rgaard)
Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
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In article <6340015@nucsrl.UUCP> cimeti@nucsrl.UUCP (Israel Cimet) writes:
(* In reply to : Derek Austin (derek@gucis.oz) *)
>>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? 
>
>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.

Why haven't somebody taken up the Emacs idea of extensionality :
Write your own code (unfortunately lisp) to do the job. Maybe it slows
down operation a little, but it is wonderful to customize one's editor !!!
And with a Macintosh interface it ought to be simple !!!


The concrete subject is solved by "abbrevation-mode"; simple and useful.






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