(define-abbrev-table): Apply props even if the table exists already.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 862fa21a680..c560f7cd847 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-04-26  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
+        * abbrev.el (define-abbrev-table): Apply props even if the table
+        exists already.
+
         * minibuffer.el (completion-table-with-context): Fix `pred' for the
         various kinds of completion tables.
         (completion-emacs22-try-completion): Place cursor after the /, as was
diff --git a/lisp/abbrev.el b/lisp/abbrev.el
index 303f03548e0..999cd691bc1 100644
--- a/lisp/abbrev.el
+++ b/lisp/abbrev.el
@@ -914,9 +914,14 @@ Properties with special meaning:
   (eval `(defvar ,tablename nil ,@(if (stringp docstring) (list docstring))))
   (let ((table (if (boundp tablename) (symbol-value tablename))))
     (unless table
-      (setq table (make-abbrev-table props))
+      (setq table (make-abbrev-table))
       (set tablename table)
       (push tablename abbrev-table-name-list))
+    ;; We used to just pass them to `make-abbrev-table', but that fails
+    ;; if the table was pre-existing as is the case if it was created by
+    ;; loading the user's abbrev file.
+    (while (consp props)
+      (abbrev-table-put table (pop props) (pop props)))
     (dolist (elt definitions)
       (apply 'define-abbrev table elt))))