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[MEYER: Text[Biblio] Abbrev]
- To: bug-emacs@MIT-XX.ARPA
- Subject: [MEYER: Text[Biblio] Abbrev]
- From: MEYER@MIT-XX.ARPA
- Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1985 05:08 EDT
Date: Friday, 11 October 1985 12:23-EDT
From: MEYER
To: bug-emacs
cc: ray, mbr
Re: Text[Biblio] Abbrev
I got WEDGED as follows:
In EMACS, I â†Îµ my file MBIB.BIB. This (by some default) puts me in
Text[Biblio] Save Abbrev mode (not what I want, since Scribe[Biblio] etc. mode
would be preferable, but acceptable so far). Next â†Îµ to another file FOO.MSS
and change automatically to Scribe[Biblio] Save Abbrev mode (not what I want,
since Scribe Save Abbrev WITHOUT Biblio would be preferable, but still
acceptable). Finally, try to quit with autosaving by doing â†â‰ and discover
that Abbrev mode wants to write the BIBLIO ABBREV file to which I don't have
(or want) write access, AND I CAN'T QUIT EMACS except by ^C'ing out and
resetting.
In wedged state, meta-X'ing out of [Biblio] Abbrev mode DOES NOT HELP!
Seems to me [Biblio] has a design bug. Can you fix it or advise me how to
avoid it? Actually, it would be workable for me simply to change the default
so I never automatically entered [Biblio] mode -- only could meta-X in. But it
would be better if the defaults were set more in harmony with the second file
name.
Thanks, A.