dabbrev-expand

This extension emulates the dabbrev-expand in Emacs. This command expands to the most recent, preceding word for which this is a prefix.

Features

See the emacs documents:

• https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dynamic-Abbrevs.html

Commands

This extension provides following commands:

• dabbrev-expand.expansion
  • Expand previous word "dynamically".
  • default key: Alt + /

If the command dabbrev-expand.expansion would not work when you press the key, please check your preference of keyboard shortcut. Another command may be assigned to the same key.

Extension Settings

• dabbrev-expand.definitions: dabbrev definitions (JSON)
  • property (language ID) :
    • caseIgnore: boolean
      • true: ignore case, false: follow case
      • default: false
    • accept: string
      • accept regexp pattern
      • default: [A-Za-z0-9_]
    • friends: array of string
      • the language IDs in which document this extension searches the expansion words.
      • default: []

Example:

    "dabbrev-expand.definitions": {
        "css": {
            "caseIgnore": false,
            "accept": "[A-Za-z0-9_\\-]",
            "friends": ["javascript"]
        },
        "typescript": {
            "caseIgnore": false,
            "friends": ["javascript"]
        }
    }