RE: How to change `standard-display-table' at startup.

["Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> (aset standard-display-table ?\`
>       (make-vector 1 (make-glyph-code ?\` 'bold)))
> 
> in my .emacs but Emacs complains that `standard-display-table' is nil
> and not a vector.  How can I change the `standard-display-table' at
> startup?

Sounds like a bug - or perhaps something in your .emacs set it to nil?

emacs -Q
C-h v standard-display-table

standard-display-table is a variable defined in `C source code'.
Its value is 
#^[t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil
nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil
nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil ni...