words in the buffer that start with those letters. @xref{Dynamic
Abbrevs}.
-The Hippie Expand package generalizes abbreviation expansion.
-@xref{Hippie Expand, `Hippie' Expansion, autotype, Features for
-Automatic Typing}.
+``Hippie'' expansion generalizes abbreviation expansion. @xref{Hippie
+Expand, , ``Hippie'' Expansion, autotype, Features for Automatic
+Typing}.
@menu
* Abbrev Concepts:: Fundamentals of defined abbrevs.
@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
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