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* Chris Bannister <mockingbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [140708, 01:29]:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:22:33AM +0200, Ennio-Sr wrote:
> > I've never used it, so I cannot give you first  hand info. Did you
> > follow thw instructions laid out in 'man muttrc'? i.e.:
> > 
> > --- quote ---
> > [...] 
> >        fcc-save-hook [!]pattern filename
> >               This command is an abbreviation for identical fcc-hook and 
> > save-
> >               hook commands.
> > 
> > --- unquote ---
> 
> An abbreviation? I don't think abbreviation is the correct word in this
> case.
> 

Why not? It's two commands in one, and that's what an _abbreviation_
seems to be (but English is not my mother tongue...):

---- quote [from 'dict abbreviation'] ----
4 definitions found

>From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abbreviation \Ab*bre`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F.
     abbr['e]viation.]
     1. The act of shortening, or reducing.
        [1913 Webster]
[...]  

>From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  abbreviation
       n 1: a shortened form of a word or phrase
       2: shortening something by omitting parts of it

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