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