>>>>> "Wolfgang" == Wolfgang Pausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Wolfgang> Hello, I have attached a problem-report concerning
Wolfgang> writing and reading abbrev-files. I have also attached
Wolfgang> my abbrev_defs-file.
Wolfgang> Wolfgang PauschTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: --text
Wolfgang> follows this line--
Wolfgang> Please enter the details of your bug report here
Wolfgang> Problem occured also under an earlier path of XEmacs
Wolfgang> 21.4
Wolfgang> I defined some extra abbrevs (for texinfo-mode,
Wolfgang> BTW). Then I wrote an abbrev-defining-file using
Wolfgang> write-abbrev-file. When I read this file again using
Wolfgang> read-abbrev-file, I get the error "Invalid read syntax:
Wolfgang> Cannot read unreadable object". When I remove the
Wolfgang> jde-mode-abbrev-table manually from the file and try
Wolfgang> again, everything works fine. So I think the problem is
Wolfgang> located somewhere in the way JDE defines its abbrevs.
The JDEE uses functions to generate expansions for Java control flow
abbreviations. It looks to me like XEmacs write-abbrev-file function
is trying to write out the expansions as objects, regardless of
whether they are strings or functions, depending on low-level I/O
functions to use the correct Lisp "read" syntax for the objects being written
out. I don't know whether this approach would work in principal for
abbreviations that use functions to generate the expansions but
it does not appear to be working in practise.
Paul
