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23.1.95; why saving empty abbrev tables

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#5937: 23.1.95; why saving empty abbrev tables
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:40:10 -0400

> C-x C-s usually means things have been saved and are safe unless
> something happen to the harddisk.

> In abbrevs it is not. And sometimes one doesn't get the chance to
> actually save it because emacs crashes halfway.

> I would propose separating C-x C-s and C-c C-c. C-x C-s should stay
> close to the global key binding.

You mean keep C-c C-c bound to edit-abbrevs-redefine, but change C-x C-s
to call write-abbrev-file?  Sounds good (tho it'll have to call
edit-abbrevs-redefine before write-abbrev-file beforehand, of course).
Oh and by the way: the abbrev.el file should be (slowly) fixed to use
the "abbrev-" prefix for all functions and commands, so whenever you
introduce a new function/command/variable please use this prefix rather
than the previous style of <verb>-abbrev-<thing>.


        Stefan

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