GNU bug report logs - #30531
26.0.91; global-abbrev-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:41:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Merged with 30737

Found in version 26.0.91

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.0.91; global-abbrev-mode
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:40:57 -0600

Is there a reason that there isn't a global-abbrev-mode command? I've
been using the following which seems to work nicely:

(define-global-minor-mode global-abbrev-mode abbrev-mode abbrev-mode)

Thanks,
Alex
Forcibly Merged 30531 30737. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:35:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>, 30531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 30737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30737: [patch] global-abbrev-mode
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 22:00:33 +0200

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

> But what if you have a variable in a program called "teh"?  Or, as a
> more practical use case, consider this: in a few places in Emacs we
> have a variable named "defalt", because using "default" gets in the
> way for some reason.  Having this turned on globally will silently
> "correct" these variable names, and could cause you real trouble.
>
> This is what I fear.

Yeah, I don't think a global abbrev mode would be generally useful, so
I'm closing this bug report.

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Added tag(s) wontfix. Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 24 Jun 2019 20:01:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 30531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 24 Jun 2019 20:01:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:24:09 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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