abbrev mode not working

abbrev mode not working

[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

typing "pdb", nothing happens.

Though my ~/.emacs.d/abbrev_defs contains:

;;-*-coding: utf-8;-*-

(define-abbrev-table 'python-mode-abbrev-table
   '(
     ("pdb" "pdb.set_trace()" nil 0)
    ))


If starting emacs without -Q behaviour is the same. Saving the abbrevs 
to the global-abbrev-table does not make a difference either.

What could be wrong there?

Thanks!

Re: abbrev mode not working

[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.

What does the status bare tell WRT abbrev-mode?

>
> typing "pdb", nothing happens.

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

>
> Though my ~/.emacs.d/abbrev_defs contains:
>
> ;;-*-coding: utf-8;-*-
>
> (define-abbrev-table 'python-mode-abbrev-table
>    '(
>      ("pdb" "pdb.set_trace()" nil 0)
>     ))
>
>
> If starting emacs without -Q behaviour is the same. Saving the abbrevs to the global-abbrev-table does not make a difference either.
>
> What could be wrong there?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

Does this solve it already?

Andreas

Re: abbrev mode not working

[Florian Lindner]

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

Re: abbrev mode not working

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 20.04.2014 15:39, schrieb Florian Lindner:
> 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
>
>

Using abbrevs heavily with python-mode.el, you may give it a try.

https://launchpad.net/python-mode

As it doesn't unload python.el, it's a little bit strange seeing abbrevs working that way, but so it is.
BTW you should be able to run the python.el commands used to while
expanding python-mode.el based abbrevs.

Cheers,

Andreas

Re: abbrev mode not working

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 21.04.2014 10:34, schrieb Andreas Röhler:
> Am 20.04.2014 15:39, schrieb Florian Lindner:

> As it doesn't unload python.el, it's a little bit strange seeing abbrevs working that way, but so it is.
> BTW you should be able to run the python.el commands used to while
> expanding python-mode.el based abbrevs.


To be precise `python-mode-map' is re-defined by python-mode.el using setq - however shouldn't be at stake here.

Re: abbrev mode not working

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > M-x python-mode
>> > M-x abbrev-mode

I think this is a known problem with 24.3.
You can probably work around it by (setq python-skeleton-autoinsert t)
But please try the 24.4 pretest (i.e. 24.3.90) to make sure it'll be
fixed in 24.4 (and if the problem remains, make it a bug report).


        Stefan