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

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Message #29 received at 45693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: oub <at> mat.ucm.es, Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, larsi <at> gnus.org,
 45693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45693: [two word expansion works, but write-abbrev-file
 destroys it]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:50:41 +0100

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> So does it mean we had better avoid describing this "feature" in the
> docs, until and unless it gets fixed to be more user-friendly?

Well, I find it useful and found a real kludge by using two abbrev files
and associated minor modes. I think what is *really* missing is to 
improve/rewrite the write-abbrev-file function.

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