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user342580
user342580

Reputation: 261

How do I load my .abbrev_defs file only if I am editing a .c or .cpp?

Below is my novice .abbrev_defs file for emacs. I don't know if this is the convention way or not. If there is a better way, I would like to know.

(define-abbrev-table 'global-abbrev-table '(
    ("if" "if()\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ("else" "else\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ("while" "while()\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ("for" "for(;;)\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ))

Upvotes: 2

Views: 322

Answers (1)

vhallac
vhallac

Reputation: 13937

You could make use of mode-specific abbrev tables. For the c-mode and c++-modes, you'd add:

(define-abbrev-table 'c-mode-abbrev-table '(
    ("if" "if()\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ("else" "else\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ("while" "while()\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ("for" "for(;;)\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ))

(define-abbrev-table 'c++-mode-abbrev-table '(
    ("if" "if()\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ("else" "else\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ("while" "while()\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ("for" "for(;;)\n  {\n\n  }" nil 1)
    ))

At first, I was concerned about the repetition, but in theory, you'd probably want to have abbreviations for c++ specific constructs in c++-mode-abbrev-table.

Alternatively, you could go with yasnippet [http://code.google.com/p/yasnippet/] for more features.

Upvotes: 3

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