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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: bug#72298: Should python-mode-abbrev-table declare :parents python-base-mode-abbrev-table?
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:33:03 -0400

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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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