[SOLVED] emacs problem: M-x write-abbrev-file does not seem to work.

2020-03-19 Thread Default User
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 1:57 PM davidson wrote: > On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, davidson wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Mar 2020, Default User wrote: > [snip] > > >> dummy@dummy:~$ sudo aptitude show emacs > >> [sudo] password for default: > > > > Just FYI, it would greatly surprise me if you actually needed root

Re: emacs problem: M-x write-abbrev-file

2020-03-19 Thread Default User
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:54 AM G.W. Haywood < debian-b...@jubileegroup.co.uk> wrote: > Hi there, > > On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Default User wrote: > > > I'm trying to learn Emacs, using: > > "Learning GNU Emacs". > > Old, but it would still seem to be a reputable and authoritative source. > > Well I

Re: emacs problem: M-x write-abbrev-file does not seem to work.

2020-03-19 Thread davidson
On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, davidson wrote: On Wed, 18 Mar 2020, Default User wrote: [snip] dummy@dummy:~$ sudo aptitude show emacs [sudo] password for default: Just FYI, it would greatly surprise me if you actually needed root privileges for aptitude's "show" command. I wager you could get the sam

Re: emacs problem: M-x write-abbrev-file does not seem to work.

2020-03-19 Thread davidson
On Wed, 18 Mar 2020, Default User wrote: Hey, been working on this emacs problem all day. It would have taken me all day just to write up such a meticulous account. TLDR; I have never used the "abbrevs" functionality of emacs. So, (fair warning) you will not find a direct answer to your quest

Re: emacs problem: M-x write-abbrev-file

2020-03-19 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Default User wrote: I'm trying to learn Emacs, using: "Learning GNU Emacs". Old, but it would still seem to be a reputable and authoritative source. Well I used to use that book, but that was 25 years ago. Try this instead: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/m

emacs problem: M-x write-abbrev-file does not seem to work.

2020-03-18 Thread Default User
Hey, been working on this emacs problem all day. I'm running Unstable, up to date. Cinnamon DE. 64-bit. dummy@dummy:~$ sudo aptitude show emacs [sudo] password for default: Package: emacs Version: 1:26.3+1-1 New: yes State: installed Automatically installed: no Priority: optional Section: editors