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Article #24670Re: Something that does fast expansion of text abbreviations?
From: J|rgen N|rgaard
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1988 08:01
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1988 08:01
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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. -- Regards J|rgen N|rgaard e-mail: jnp@daimi.dk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!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 Lines: 27