Thanks for that fix.  I found that top of the working branch is not what I
expected:

M-x emacs-version yields

GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) of 2011-01-06
on bg [2 times]

version seen still is:

(defun prepare-abbrev-list-buffer (&optional local)
  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Abbrevs*")
    (erase-buffer)
    (if local
        (insert-abbrev-table-description
         (abbrev-table-name local-abbrev-table) t)
      (dolist (table abbrev-table-name-list)
        (insert-abbrev-table-description table t)))
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
    (edit-abbrevs-mode)
    (current-buffer)))

If it is applied to 23.3, then why is it not showing up in 24.x?

I retrieved my copy of top of trunk Emacs via this command, which might be
the culprit here:

git clone --depth 1 git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git

That was executed on Thu Jan 6 22:00:19 PST 2011

My expectation (probably wrong) is that when I pull source code from the
remote system without any branch qualifier, I get code reflecting all bugs
fixed regardless of intermediate branches. If that is ignorance talking,
please reveal the right branches I need to pull from Git in order to get the
latest work in progress.  I'm not opposed to waiting for 24.x to be updated
with 23.x if that is what is going on, or specifying a particular branch
spec in my clone operation.

Thanks,
Brent

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:07 PM, GNU bug Tracking System <
help-debbugs@gnu.org> wrote:

> Your bug report
>
> #7733: 23.1.90; C-u M-x list-abbrevs is not showing local abbrevs table
>
> which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.
>
> The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
> If you require more details, please reply to 7733@debbugs.gnu.org.
>
> --
> 7733: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7733
> GNU Bug Tracking System
> Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> To: 7733-done@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:13:59 -0500
> Subject: Re: bug#7733: 23.1.90; C-u M-x list-abbrevs is not showing local
> abbrevs table
> Version: 23.3
>
> Thanks; applied.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Brent Goodrick <bgoodr@gmail.com>
> To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:02:14 -0800
> Subject: 23.1.90; C-u M-x list-abbrevs is not showing local abbrevs table
> This bug report will be sent to the Free Software Foundation,
> not to your local site managers!
> Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
> usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.
>
> Your bug report will be posted to the emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org mailing
> list,
> and to the gnu.emacs.bug news group.
>
> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give
> a recipe starting from `emacs -Q':
>
> Reproduce with:
>
> 1. Run emacs -Q.
>
> 2. From within the *scratch* buffer, type C-u M-x list-abbrevs RET.
>
> 3. See the *Abbrevs* buffer showing
>   "(fundamental-mode-abbrev-table)". The bug is that the current mode
>   at the time C-u M-x lisp-abbrevs RET is executed is in Lisp
>   Interaction mode, not Fundamental mode. Therefore, the C-u M-x
>   list-abbrevs RET operation should show lisp-mode-abbrev-table,
>   but should not show fundamental-mode-abbrev-table.
>
> I believe I have found the bug in prepare-abbrev-list-buffer. The
> current definition of prepare-abbrev-list-buffer is:
>
> (defun prepare-abbrev-list-buffer (&optional local)
>  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Abbrevs*")
>    (erase-buffer)
>    (if local
>        (insert-abbrev-table-description
>         (abbrev-table-name local-abbrev-table) t)
>      (dolist (table abbrev-table-name-list)
>        (insert-abbrev-table-description table t)))
>    (goto-char (point-min))
>    (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
>    (edit-abbrevs-mode)
>    (current-buffer)))
>
> My patched version that fixes the problem is as follows:
>
> (defun prepare-abbrev-list-buffer (&optional local)
>  (let ((local-table local-abbrev-table))
>    (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Abbrevs*")
>      (erase-buffer)
>      (if local
>          (insert-abbrev-table-description
>           (abbrev-table-name local-table) t)
>        (dolist (table abbrev-table-name-list)
>          (insert-abbrev-table-description table t)))
>      (goto-char (point-min))
>      (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
>      (edit-abbrevs-mode)
>      (current-buffer))))
>
> The `with-current-buffer' call changes to the *Abbrevs* buffer which
> is in fundamental mode, and then the local-abbrev-table (which is a
> buffer-local value) is taken from fundamental mode, not from the mode
> of the original buffer where the point was before the execution C-u
> M-x list-abbrevs.
>
> Thanks,
> Brent
>
>
> If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
> please include the output from the following gdb commands:
>    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
> For information about debugging Emacs, please read the file
> /home/brentg/install/Linux.x86_64/share/emacs/23.1.90/etc/DEBUG.
>
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