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define-abbrevs - property args not accessible

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Message #17 received at 23891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 23891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23891: define-abbrevs - property args not accessible
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 09:55:49 +0200

On 05.07.2016 03:56, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de> writes:
>
>>> `define-abbrev' comes with an option to use
>>> case-sensitive abbreviations. Nice, thanks.
>>>
>>> However don't see a way to specify this '(:case-fixed t)from a command.
>>>
>>> Neither `add-global-abbrev' nor `add-mode-abbrev' offer a slot.
>>> What about having customizable vars for this, which are taken when set?
> It seems `edit-abbrevs' also lacks support for properties: an abbrev
> defined with :case-fixed via `define-abbrev' does not show up with an
> indicator in the *Abbrevs* buffer, and when saving the propery is
> removed.

Here still an example how the matter showed up:

The abbrev-expansion by default works like this:

tlb -> the london bridge

tLB -> the London Bridge

The limitations are obvious: the abbreviation needs to represent any 
word of the expansion text. No way to define:

tLB -> Let's work that afternoon over the London Bridge.

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