GNU bug report logs - #78863
31.0.50; Feature request: add option for greedy looking-back to abbrev-before-point

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alexander Prähauser <ahprae <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:18:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 78863 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alexander Prähauser <ahprae <at> protonmail.com>
To: 78863 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Feature request: add option for greedy looking-back to
 abbrev-before-point
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:01:14 +0000

This is really stupid, but I just realized that I can use something like

(rx (or space "-" "_" "\n" line-start string-start)
      (group (* (not (or space "-" "_" "\n")))))

for matching, which works. Sorry for overlooking that. So that kind of
lessens the importance of adding an option along the lines I described,
though it might make it less confusing for people wondering why their
abbrevs don't seem to match.
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