(General Variables): Update the docs according to current behavior

[gnu-emacs] / man / abbrevs.texi

diff --git a/man/abbrevs.texi b/man/abbrevs.texi
index 2c7062c3ea93857b603c8ecaf8aee5c03dd49abd..50efaf5b32470f1aa1f61b7b704802ac5d792d8a 100644 (file)
--- a/man/abbrevs.texi
+++ b/man/abbrevs.texi
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ to expand the letters in the buffer before point by looking for other
 words in the buffer that start with those letters.  @xref{Dynamic
 Abbrevs}.
 
+``Hippie'' expansion generalizes abbreviation expansion.  @xref{Hippie
+Expand, , ``Hippie'' Expansion, autotype, Features for Automatic
+Typing}.
+
 @menu
 * Abbrev Concepts::   Fundamentals of defined abbrevs.
 * Defining Abbrevs::  Defining an abbrev, so it will expand when typed.
@@ -208,7 +212,8 @@ once.  This command is effective even if Abbrev mode is not enabled.
 
 @table @kbd
 @item M-x list-abbrevs
-Display a list of all abbrev definitions.
+Display a list of all abbrev definitions.  With numeric argument, list
+only local abbrevs.
 @item M-x edit-abbrevs
 Edit a list of abbrevs; you can add, alter or remove definitions.
 @end table
@@ -344,6 +349,12 @@ in the buffer to search for an expansion.
 buffers, unless you have set @code{dabbrev-check-all-buffers} to
 @code{nil}.
 
+@vindex dabbrev-ignored-buffer-regexps
+  For finer control over which buffers to scan, customize the variable
+@code{dabbrev-ignored-buffer-regexps}.  Its value is a list of regular
+expressions.  If a buffer's name matches any of these regular
+expressions, dynamic abbrev expansion skips that buffer.
+
   A negative argument to @kbd{M-/}, as in @kbd{C-u - M-/}, says to
 search first for expansions after point, and second for expansions
 before point.  If you repeat the @kbd{M-/} to look for another