Re: Using punctuation in abbrev

[Stefan Monnier]

> Here's what I put in my init file:

>   (define-abbrev-table 'global-abbrev-table '(
>                                               ("$->" "→")
>                                               ("$=>" "⇒")
>                                               ("$foo" "X")
>                                               )
>     "custom abbrev table"
>     :regexp (rx (or bos bol space) (group (+ (not space)))))
>   (setq save-abbrevs nil)
>   (setq-default abbrev-mode t)

> But only the $foo substitution works and I can't figure out why.

Actually, if you call M-x expand-abbrev RET explicitly, you'll see they
all work.  What doesn't work for the first two is the "press space after
it to cause expansion", because this is only performed right after
a word char (hence it works for "$foo" because the last char is a word
char).


        Stefan