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

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 does not seem to work.

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.

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

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

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