"Bruce" <flo### [at] nospamfreefr> wrote in message
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> >>(define-key pov-mode-map "\M-\r" 'pov-complete-word)
> >>
> >>to your ~/.emacs or ~/.xemacs/init.el or whatever init file you use.
> >>The above line makes the <ALT>-<RETURN> combination do the completition.
>
> This may not work in your .emacs, as pov-mode is not started when emacs
> is launched. You should probably do it as a lambda function on the right
> hook
>
> (pov-mode-hook (quote (lambda nil
>     (define-key pov-mode-map [(control c) (control i)] (quote
> pov-complete-word)))))
>
> > I was wondering yesterday about if it would be possible to dynamically
> > create lists of words that it emacs can complete. For instance if I
#define
> > myBigObject = union {...} could emacs somehow pick up "myBigObject" as
an
> > available keyword for completion.
>
> No work to be done : there's a function caled dabbrev which
> automatically completes with the word which have previously been typed
> in your buffer
>
> (global-set-key [(f8)] 'dabbrev-completion)
>
> For more information and knowing the difference between dabbrev-expand
> and dabbrev-completion (not exactly the same behaviour), use C-h a
> dabbrev [return]
> (C-h => help, a => regexp search)
> Note : this is bundled in my xemacs installation, but I think I had to
> install it on fsf emacs. Some google(ing will probably tell you where
> you can find it
>
> > surely impossible without any lisp knowledge.
>
> Emacs has so many packages that almost everuthing is possible without
> any lisp hacking (except for configuration purposes, but can we REALLY
> name it hacking?)
>
> Enjoy and have fun!
>
>
> -- 
> Bruce

pretty neat. thanks for the info.

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