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These functions define an abbrev in a specified abbrev table.
define-abbrev
is the low-level basic function, while
add-abbrev
is used by commands that ask for information from the
user.
This function adds an abbreviation to abbrev table table based on
information from the user. The argument type is a string
describing in English the kind of abbrev this will be (typically,
"global"
or "mode-specific"
); this is used in prompting
the user. The argument arg is the number of words in the
expansion.
The return value is the symbol that internally represents the new
abbrev, or nil
if the user declines to confirm redefining an
existing abbrev.
This function defines an abbrev in table named name, to expand to expansion, and call hook. The return value is an uninterned symbol that represents the abbrev inside XEmacs; its name is name.
The argument name should be a string. The argument
expansion should be a string, or nil
to undefine the
abbrev.
The argument hook is a function or nil
. If hook is
non-nil
, then it is called with no arguments after the abbrev is
replaced with expansion; point is located at the end of
expansion when hook is called.
The use count of the abbrev is initialized to zero.
If this variable is non-nil
, it means that the user plans to use
global abbrevs only. This tells the commands that define mode-specific
abbrevs to define global ones instead. This variable does not alter the
behavior of the functions in this section; it is examined by their
callers.
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