https://ericlim.dev/tags/doomemacs/ Recent content in doomemacs on /dev/eric Hugo -- gohugo.io en-GB Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:11:00 +1200 https://ericlim.dev/posts/20250418t141114--getting-abbrev-mode-to-expand-symbols-in-emacs/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:11:00 +1200 https://ericlim.dev/posts/20250418t141114--getting-abbrev-mode-to-expand-symbols-in-emacs/ I tried using abbrev-mode in Emacs to automatically expand things like -- into — and -> into →. I defined the abbreviations and enabled abbrev-mode, but nothing happened. The issue is that symbol characters like -, <, and = aren’t considered part of words by default, so Emacs doesn’t recognize them as valid abbreviation triggers. The Fix To get around this, you can make those symbols word constituents using modify-syntax-entry: