message-mode abbrev

message-mode abbrev

[Harry Putnam]

I'm in a message mode buffer composing this message when I decide to
add an abbrev for this mode.

Pressing C-x a + (add-mode-abbrev) gets me this error message:
   add-mode-abbrev: No per-mode abbrev table

M-: major-mode <RET> shows `message-mode' 

Running M-x edit-abbrevs and searching out message-mode-abbrev-table
 I see:
(message-mode-abbrev-table)

"keyz"	       0    "Keywords:"
"hped"	       0    "[NOTE: -ed HP"


Message mode is on as evidenced by the `Abbre Fill' in mode line.

Re: message-mode abbrev

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Pressing C-x a + (add-mode-abbrev) gets me this error message:
>    add-mode-abbrev: No per-mode abbrev table

If I hit `C-x a +' once, it asks me for some abbrev stuff.  If I `C-g'
that and `C-x a +' again, I get the same error you get.

Sounds like an abbrev bug.

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   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: message-mode abbrev

[Harry Putnam]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
>> Pressing C-x a + (add-mode-abbrev) gets me this error message:
>>    add-mode-abbrev: No per-mode abbrev table
>
> If I hit `C-x a +' once, it asks me for some abbrev stuff.  If I `C-g'
> that and `C-x a +' again, I get the same error you get.

A further clue is that this error doesn't happen in other modes, at
least not some that I use it in.  Perl sh fundamental text.
For example:

Changing this buffer to text mode temporarily and typing:

Abbrev_that `C-x a +' duly prompts me for a string to call 
Abbrev_that with.

Change back to message-mode and:

Abbrev_that `C-x a +' and I get the `No per mode abbrev table' error

Posting this info on emacs-devel shortly.