Ted Pavlic schrieb:
> 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
In help buffers, the 'isk' option includes the ' character,
making "this'is" a valid {lhs} for an abbreviation.
See
:h abbreviations
which abbrev types are allowed.
--
Andy
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