Re: tab completion for "short name" in .mailrc [Solved]

[John Velman]

Vagn Johansen <gonz808@hotmail.com> writes:

> John Velman <velman@cox.net> writes:
>
[snip]
>> example...) It would be nice to type mutt<tab> and have the list of
>> completions shown.
>
> ;;; mailabbrev.el --- abbrev-expansion of mail aliases
>
> It is a part of emacs.
>
>
> Maybe this snippet is all you need:
>
> (defun  my-message-mode-hook ()
>   (local-set-key (kbd "ESC TAB") 'mail-abbrev-complete-alias)
>   (local-set-key (kbd "ESC a") 'mail-abbrev-insert-alias))
>
> (add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'my-message-mode-hook)

Thanks!  this was what I needed.

John Velman