Re: abbrev mode not working

[Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de>]

Am Samstag, 19. April 2014, 09:40:08 schrieb Andreas Röhler:
> Am 16.04.2014 10:18, schrieb Florian Lindner:
> > Hello,
> >
> > on emacs 24.3.1 I have trouble using the abbrev mode.
> >
> > emacs -Q
> > M-x python-mode
> > M-x abbrev-mode
> 
> This toggles abbrev-mode.
> If abbrev-mode was on by init, it's now off.

That's why I invoked emacs using -Q.
 
> What does the status bare tell WRT abbrev-mode?

i enabled abbrev-mode, Abbrev is shown in the status bar.

> > typing "pdb", nothing happens.
> 
> Just typing an abbrev does nothing. Needs <space> to expand, for example.

Sure.

> > Though my ~/.emacs.d/abbrev_defs contains:
> >
> > ;;-*-coding: utf-8;-*-
> >
> > (define-abbrev-table 'python-mode-abbrev-table
> >    '(
> >      ("pdb" "pdb.set_trace()" nil 0)
> >     ))

> Does this solve it already?

Sorry, no.

Thanks!
Florian