RE: [h-e-w] c-mode : can't expand '#d' to '#define'

[Chris Ring]

Jeff,

This is because the '#' character isn't recognized as part of a word.  Add the 
following to your .emacs file:

(modify-syntax-entry ?\# "w")

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Jeff Rancier
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:35 AM
> To: Emacs Help (Windows)
> Subject: [h-e-w] c-mode : can't expand '#d' to '#define'
> 
> 
> Hello All:
> 
> In c-mode, I have the following:
> 
> (defconst c-expand-list  '(
>     ("#d"  "#define ")
>     ("d"   "do\n{\n\n} while();" (6 15))
>     ("de"  "default:")
>    )  "Expansions for C mode" )
> 
> (defun c-mode-expand-add-hooks ()
>   (expand-add-abbrevs c-mode-abbrev-table c-expand-list))
> 
> (add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'c-mode-expand-add-hooks)
> 
> When I type #d followed by a space, I get the do expansion.   
> Can anyone
> explain this?
> 
> --
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff