:group 'convenience)
(defcustom dabbrev-backward-only nil
- "*If non-nil, `dabbrev-expand' only looks backwards."
+ "If non-nil, `dabbrev-expand' only looks backwards."
:type 'boolean
:group 'dabbrev)
(defcustom dabbrev-limit nil
- "*Limits region searched by `dabbrev-expand' to this many chars away."
+ "Limits region searched by `dabbrev-expand' to this many chars away."
:type '(choice (const :tag "off" nil)
integer)
:group 'dabbrev)
(defcustom dabbrev-abbrev-skip-leading-regexp nil
- "*Regexp for skipping leading characters of an abbreviation.
+ "Regexp for skipping leading characters of an abbreviation.
Example: Set this to \"\\\\$\" for programming languages
in which variable names may appear with or without a leading `$'.
:group 'dabbrev)
(defcustom dabbrev-eliminate-newlines t
- "*Non-nil means dabbrev should not insert newlines.
+ "Non-nil means dabbrev should not insert newlines.
Instead it converts them to spaces."
:type 'boolean
:group 'dabbrev)
(defcustom dabbrev-case-fold-search 'case-fold-search
- "*Control whether dabbrev searches should ignore case.
+ "Control whether dabbrev searches should ignore case.
A value of nil means case is significant.
A value of `case-fold-search' means case is significant
if `case-fold-search' is nil.
:group 'dabbrev)
(defcustom dabbrev-upcase-means-case-search nil
- "*The significance of an uppercase character in an abbreviation.
+ "The significance of an uppercase character in an abbreviation.
A nil value means case fold search when searching for possible expansions;
non-nil means case sensitive search.
:group 'dabbrev)
(defcustom dabbrev-case-distinction 'case-replace
- "*Whether dabbrev treats expansions as the same if they differ in case.
+ "Whether dabbrev treats expansions as the same if they differ in case.
A value of nil means treat them as different.
A value of `case-replace' means distinguish them if `case-replace' is nil.
:version "22.1")
(defcustom dabbrev-case-replace 'case-replace
- "*Whether dabbrev applies the abbreviations's case pattern to the expansion.
+ "Whether dabbrev applies the abbreviations's case pattern to the expansion.
A value of nil means preserve the expansion's case pattern.
A value of `case-replace' means preserve it if `case-replace' is nil.
:group 'dabbrev)
(defcustom dabbrev-abbrev-char-regexp nil
- "*Regexp to recognize a character in an abbreviation or expansion.
+ "Regexp to recognize a character in an abbreviation or expansion.
This regexp will be surrounded with \\\\( ... \\\\) when actually used.
Set this variable to \"\\\\sw\" if you want ordinary words or
:group 'dabbrev)
(defcustom dabbrev-check-all-buffers t
- "*Non-nil means dabbrev package should search *all* buffers.
+ "Non-nil means dabbrev package should search *all* buffers.
Dabbrev always searches the current buffer first. Then, if
`dabbrev-check-other-buffers' says so, it searches the buffers
:group 'dabbrev)
(defcustom dabbrev-ignored-buffer-names '("*Messages*" "*Buffer List*")
- "*List of buffer names that dabbrev should not check.
+ "List of buffer names that dabbrev should not check.
See also `dabbrev-ignored-buffer-regexps'."
:type '(repeat (string :tag "Buffer name"))
:group 'dabbrev
:version "20.3")
(defcustom dabbrev-ignored-buffer-regexps nil
- "*List of regexps matching names of buffers that dabbrev should not check.
+ "List of regexps matching names of buffers that dabbrev should not check.
See also `dabbrev-ignored-buffer-names'."
:type '(repeat regexp)
:group 'dabbrev
:version "21.1")
(defcustom dabbrev-check-other-buffers t
- "*Should \\[dabbrev-expand] look in other buffers?\
+ "Should \\[dabbrev-expand] look in other buffers?\
nil: Don't look in other buffers.
t: Also look for expansions in the buffers pointed out by
A mode setting this variable should make it buffer local.")
(defcustom dabbrev-friend-buffer-function 'dabbrev--same-major-mode-p
- "*A function to decide whether dabbrev should search OTHER-BUFFER.
+ "A function to decide whether dabbrev should search OTHER-BUFFER.
The function should take one argument, OTHER-BUFFER, and return
non-nil if that buffer should be searched. Have a look at
`dabbrev--same-major-mode-p' for an example.