GNU bug report logs - #45693
28.0.50; abbrev does not expand two words any more

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>

Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 15:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

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Message #11 received at 45693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>, 45693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45693: 28.0.50; abbrev does not expand two words any more
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 16:51:46 +0100

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>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es> writes:
>> I swear that worked some time ago.

> This was discussed on the emacs-devel mailing list, and apparently it
> never worked? 

Well RMS said no, Stefan said in principal yes.


>  But reading that discussion, it seems like this is
> under-documented.  Could you suggest something for the manual after you
> actually get this working?  :-)

Robert (Pluim) presented a solution that works, however it seems that
write-abbrev-file destroys Robert's construct in the .abbrev_defs
file. 

I am trying to set up a recipe to reproduce that behavior. If I do that,
should I open a new bug or just post it here?

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