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FriendFeedAbby - Abbreviation expader
Posted
by Yonat Yonat
on August 6th, 1998
For example, "w" can be expanded to:
while () {
}
Please send bug reports and suggestions to yonat@usa.net.
Latest version available at http://www.kinetica.com/home/yon/4dev/.
Disclaimer:
This software is provided as-is. Don't blame me if it trashes your source files, your system, or your life.Install/Uninstall
- Copy Abby.dll to you add-ins folder of Developer Studio:
(c:\program files\devstudio\sharedide\addins - Copy the *.abb files to your Windows folder (Sorry).
- In Developer Studio, go to the "Tools" menu and select "Customize...".
- Go to the "Add-ins and Macro Files" tab (the last one). Mark the checkbox next to "Abby" as checked, and click "Close".
- Developer Studio adds a new toolbar with the Abby button. You can move this button to another toolbar by pressing the Alt key while dragging the button.
- Exit Developer Studio.
- Delete Abby.dll from your Developer Studio add-ins folder.
- Delete the *.abb files from your Windows folder.
Usage
Type an abbreviation and press Ctrl+Shift+Space or click the Abby button. Abby will complete it for you.To add or change the abbreviations, you will need to edit the abbreviations files. There is a separate abbreviations file for each language:
- C.abb - C/C++
- Java.abb - Java
- VB.abb - Visual Basic
- HTML.abb - HTML
- None.abb - Everything else
Abbreviations File Format
An abbreviation file contains a series of abbreviations followed by their expansions. Each abbreviations is written in a single line, starting with "@@" and then the abbreviation itself. All the following lines (up to the next line starting with "@@") are the expansion.For example:
@@w
while () {
}
@@f
for (;;) {
}
You can specify where the cursor will be placed after the abbreviation
is expanded by using typing "!!" in the desired position. For example:
@@w
while (!!) {
}
If you type "!!" in two positions, the entire text between them will
be selected after the expansion. For example:
@@w
while (!!condition!!) {
}
Comments
New version 1.5 available
Posted by Legacy on 12/25/1999 12:00amOriginally posted by: Yonat Sharon
You can get the new version from http://ootips.org/yonat/4dev/Abby15.zip
It will only work for Visual C++ 6. If you had an older version installed, please remove all occurrences of "Abby" from the registry before installing.
ReplyProblem in VC6
Posted by Legacy on 08/09/1999 12:00amOriginally posted by: shai
The idea is greate!!!
but when I try to follow the installation instructions I get a message : "unable to load this add-in because its server object failed to be created..."
I'm using: VC6++, NT4(sp3).
Reply