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Abbrev Tables
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   This section describes how to create and manipulate abbrev tables.

 - Function: make-abbrev-table
     This function creates and returns a new, empty abbrev table--an
     obarray containing no symbols.  It is a vector filled with zeros.

 - Function: clear-abbrev-table table
     This function undefines all the abbrevs in abbrev table TABLE,
     leaving it empty.  It always returns `nil'.

 - Function: define-abbrev-table tabname definitions
     This function defines TABNAME (a symbol) as an abbrev table name,
     i.e., as a variable whose value is an abbrev table.  It defines
     abbrevs in the table according to DEFINITIONS, a list of elements
     of the form `(ABBREVNAME EXPANSION HOOK USECOUNT)'.  The return
     value is always `nil'.

 - Variable: abbrev-table-name-list
     This is a list of symbols whose values are abbrev tables.
     `define-abbrev-table' adds the new abbrev table name to this list.

 - Function: insert-abbrev-table-description name &optional human
     This function inserts before point a description of the abbrev
     table named NAME.  The argument NAME is a symbol whose value is an
     abbrev table.  The return value is always `nil'.

     If HUMAN is non-`nil', the description is human-oriented.
     Otherwise the description is a Lisp expression--a call to
     `define-abbrev-table' that would define NAME exactly as it is
     currently defined.