@node Expanding Abbrevs
@section Controlling Abbrev Expansion
- An abbrev expands whenever it is present in the buffer just before
-point and you type a self-inserting whitespace or punctuation character
-(@key{SPC}, comma, etc.@:). More precisely, any character that is not a
-word constituent expands an abbrev, and any word-constituent character
-can be part of an abbrev. The most common way to use an abbrev is to
-insert it and then insert a punctuation or whitespace character to expand it.
+ When Abbrev mode is enabled, an abbrev expands whenever it is
+present in the buffer just before point and you type a self-inserting
+whitespace or punctuation character (@key{SPC}, comma, etc.@:). More
+precisely, any character that is not a word constituent expands an
+abbrev, and any word-constituent character can be part of an abbrev.
+The most common way to use an abbrev is to insert it and then insert a
+punctuation or whitespace character to expand it.
@vindex abbrev-all-caps
Abbrev expansion preserves case; thus, @samp{foo} expands into @samp{find