GNU bug report logs - #30531
26.0.91; global-abbrev-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:41:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Merged with 30737

Found in version 26.0.91

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>, 30531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 30737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30531: bug#30737: [patch] global-abbrev-mode
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 22:00:33 +0200
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> But what if you have a variable in a program called "teh"?  Or, as a
> more practical use case, consider this: in a few places in Emacs we
> have a variable named "defalt", because using "default" gets in the
> way for some reason.  Having this turned on globally will silently
> "correct" these variable names, and could cause you real trouble.
>
> This is what I fear.

Yeah, I don't think a global abbrev mode would be generally useful, so
I'm closing this bug report.

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