abbrev in its own use-package block

init.org

@@ -178,10 +178,8 @@ Maybe turn it on again at some point before the next major emacs upgrade
                           "[/\\]\\.elpa/")))
 
 (setq custom-file (concat MY--PATH_USER_LOCAL "custom.el"))  ;; don't spam init.e with saved customization settings
-(setq abbrev-file-name (concat MY--PATH_USER_GLOBAL "abbrev_defs"))
 (setq backup-directory-alist `((".*" . ,temporary-file-directory)))
 (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,temporary-file-directory)))
-(setq save-abbrevs 'silently)  ;; don't bother me with asking for abbrev saving
 (setq-default create-lockfiles nil) ;; disable lock files, can cause trouble in e.g. lsp-mode
 (defalias 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) ;; answer with y and n
 (setq custom-safe-themes t) ;; don't ask me if I want to load a theme
@@ -404,6 +402,17 @@ Windows Theme:
   (setq which-key-idle-delay 0.5))
 #+END_SRC
 
+* abbrev
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(use-package abbrev
+  :diminish abbrev-mode
+  :init
+  (setq abbrev-file-name (concat MY--PATH_USER_GLOBAL "abbrev_tables.el"))
+  :config
+  (if (file-exists-p abbrev-file-name)
+      (quietly-read-abbrev-file))
+  (setq save-abbrevs 'silently))  ;; don't bother me with asking for abbrev saving
+#+end_src
 * Evil
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