From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5937: 23.1.95; why saving empty abbrev tables Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:02:14 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1301321605 11773 80.91.229.12 (28 Mar 2011 14:13:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:13:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5937@debbugs.gnu.org To: Leo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 28 16:13:20 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4DC4-0002Ug-2k for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:13:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49563 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q4D6H-0005Uw-Ur for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:07:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44004 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q4D66-0005Sw-Oy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:07:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4D65-0000bu-2p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:07:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43470) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4D65-0000bl-1M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:07:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4D25-0005TX-Qh; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:03:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5937 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5937-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5937.130132095521015 (code B ref 5937); Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5937) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Mar 2011 14:02:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4D1d-0005Su-UC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:02:34 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4D1c-0005Sf-4h for 5937@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:02:32 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAIGUkE1MCqRC/2dsb2JhbAClPniIa7l/hWkEk3eCDg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.63,255,1299474000"; d="scan'208";a="98345874" Original-Received: from 76-10-164-66.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([76.10.164.66]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 28 Mar 2011 10:02:15 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C5D1D660F8; Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:02:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:03:22 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:03:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:45418 Archived-At: >> I don't think we need such a thing. We just need to make it clear what >> those empty tables mean and keep them out of the way. I.e. move them to >> the end of the buffer and add a comment before them explaining that >> these are currently empty. > OK let's do this. I didn't insert a line explaining empty tables because > they are obvious (See this screenshot: http://imgur.com/zCegB.png). > (BTW, after looking at that screenshot I realised Makefile mode > introduces 6 abbrev tables; amazing.) > Let me know if you are OK with this patch. The patch looks good, thank you, please install it. I'd still like to see a comment added, but there are many other things that would be good to add to edit-abbrevs (e.g. highlighting, or an actually useful C-h m output explaining the format expected by C-c C-c, ...). Stefan