editor->dabbrev

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      - class editor
        
        Send methods
        
        editor->_dabbrev_expand
        
        editor->align
        
        editor->align_line
        
        editor->align_region
        
        editor->append
        
        editor->print
        
        editor->appendf
        
        editor->auto_fill
        
        editor->auto_fill_mode
        
        editor->backward_paragraph
        
        editor->backward_sentence
        
        editor->backward_term
        
        editor->backward_word
        
        editor->backward_char
        
        editor->delete_char
        
        editor->backward_delete_char
        
        editor->kill_line
        
        editor->kill_paragraph
        
        editor->kill_sentence
        
        editor->kill_term
        
        editor->kill_word
        
        editor->backward_kill_word
        
        editor->beginning_of_line
        
        editor->downcase_previous_word
        
        editor->upcase_previous_word
        
        editor->capitalise_previous_word
        
        editor->downcase_word
        
        editor->upcase_word
        
        editor->capitalise_word
        
        editor->clear
        
        editor->column
        
        editor->compute
        
        editor->cua_key_as_prefix
        
        editor->dabbrev_expand
        
        editor->delete
        
        editor->delete_blank_lines
        
        editor->grab
        
        editor->kill
        
        editor->delete_horizontal_space
        
        editor->capitalise_region
        
        editor->downcase_region
        
        editor->electric_caret
        
        editor->event
        
        editor->exchange_point_and_mark
        
        editor->fill
        
        editor->fill_region
        
        editor->fill_selection
        
        editor->fill_paragraph
        
        editor->find_cut_buffer
        
        editor->format
        
        editor->forward_paragraph
        
        editor->forward_sentence
        
        editor->forward_term
        
        editor->forward_word
        
        editor->forward_char
        
        editor->geometry
        
        editor->gosmacs_transpose
        
        graphical->height
        
        editor->hover_fragment_icon
        
        editor->indent_region
        
        editor->indent_selection
        
        editor->undent_line
        
        editor->undent_region
        
        editor->undent_selection
        
        editor->indent_line
        
        editor->initialise
        
        editor->insert
        
        editor->insert_cut_buffer
        
        editor->insert_self_fill
        
        editor->insert_self
        
        editor->isearch_backward
        
        editor->isearch_forward
        
        editor->just_one_space
        
        editor->justify_region
        
        editor->justify_paragraph
        
        editor->key_binding
        
        editor->kill_or_grab_region
        
        editor->label
        
        editor->line_number
        
        editor->line_to_top_of_window
        
        editor->load
        
        editor->lost_text_buffer
        
        editor->margin_width
        
        editor->mark
        
        editor->newline
        
        editor->open_line
        
        editor->newline_and_indent
        
        editor->next_line
        
        editor->normalise
        
        editor->point_to_bottom_of_window
        
        editor->point_to_bottom_of_file
        
        editor->point_to_mark
        
        editor->point_to_top_of_window
        
        editor->point_to_top_of_file
        
        editor->previous_line
        
        editor->recenter
        
        editor->report
        
        editor->save
        
        editor->save_buffer
        
        editor->scroll_one_line_down
        
        editor->scroll_one_line_up
        
        editor->scroll_up
        
        editor->scroll_down
        
        editor->scroll_to
        
        editor->scroll_vertical
        
        editor->select_line
        
        editor->selected_fragment
        
        editor->selected_fragment_style
        
        editor->selection
        
        editor->selection_extend
        
        editor->set_fill_column
        
        editor->set_mark
        
        editor->show_caret
        
        editor->show_caret_at
        
        editor->show_label
        
        editor->show_matching_bracket
        
        graphical->size
        
        editor->sort
        
        editor->style
        
        editor->switch_case_mode
        
        editor->tab_stops
        
        editor->transpose_lines
        
        editor->transpose_terms
        
        editor->transpose_word
        
        editor->transpose_chars
        
        editor->typed
        
        editor->undo
        
        editor->upcase_region
        
        graphical->width
        
        editor->wrap
        
        editor->yank

Expand the word before the caret. This is achieved by scanning the current buffer backwards for words that start the same way as the partial current word. Successive execution of this method will try alternative completions.

See also: - editor-dabbrev_target
- editor-dabbrev_reject
- editor-dabbrev_pos
- editor-dabbrev_origin
- editor->_dabbrev_expand