I just noticed that while in the :help buffer,

        :abbr this'is'a'test

gives me "No abbreviations found", and

        :abbr this'is a test

defines an abbreviation from "this'is" to "a test". However, if I try 
either of those in my editor buffers, I get "E474: Invalid argument".

(changing the value of "modifiable" doesn't change the behavior in the 
main window)

Why does this behavior occur?

VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Jan 12 2009 16:10:51)
MacOS X (unix) version
Included patches: 1-75

--Ted


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