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Should python-mode-abbrev-table declare :parents python-base-mode-abbrev-table?

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From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
To: 72298 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72298: Should python-mode-abbrev-table declare :parents
 python-base-mode-abbrev-table?
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 09:53:15 -0400

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Greetings. Curious if I'm barking up the wrong tree with this assessment...

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 2:33 PM Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> An example of a personal hack to make this work could be to add something
> like this to a python-mode-hook:
>
> (if (derived-mode-p 'python-base-mode)
>   (setq local-abbrev-table python-base-mode-abbrev-table))
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 2:15 PM Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was expecting that python-base-mode-abbrev-table would apply to both
>> python-mode and python-ts-mode buffers. python-ts-mode doesn't derive from
>> python-mode so the abbrev tables aren't shared by default. Unless I'm
>> missing something, using a base table doesn't work for me.
>>
>> (define-abbrev-table 'python-mode-abbrev-table ()
>>   "Abbrev table for Python mode."
>> ;; should this:
>>   :parents (list python-mode-skeleton-abbrev-table))
>> ;; be defined thusly?
>>   :parents (list python-base-mode-abbrev-table
>> python-mode-skeleton-abbrev-table))
>>
>> I tried to find guidance on this outside of hacking abbrev tables
>> manually to be shared. Perhaps other people have the same expectation.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Stephane
>>
>

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