Subject: Re: bug#14413: 24.2; message-mode-abbrev-table

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 20:14:26 -0400

Emanuel Berg wrote:

>>   (add-hook 'message-mode-hook
>>             (lambda ()
>>               ;; dynamic abbreviations for org-mode
>>               (setq local-abbrev-table message-mode-abbrev-table)))
>
> "This should not be needed.  Please M-x report-emacs-bug RET" (Stefan
> Monnier @ gnu.emacs.help)

message-mode uses (has always used, AFAICS) the normal text-mode abbrev table:

  (setq local-abbrev-table text-mode-abbrev-table)

What's the bug supposed to be?
That message-mode-abbrev-table exists at all, because message forgets to
pass an :abbrev argument to define-derived-mode?