(mail-abbrev-complete-alias): Call mail-abbrev-make-syntax-table.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index cccbd3a1770..283d8a8ce85 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-04-03  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
+        * mail/mailabbrev.el (mail-abbrev-complete-alias):
+        Call mail-abbrev-make-syntax-table.
+
         * format.el (format-deannotate-region): Doc fix.
 
         * enriched.el (enriched-face-ans): Delete special treatment
diff --git a/lisp/mail/mailabbrev.el b/lisp/mail/mailabbrev.el
index ed389526475..86201cf0d2a 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/mailabbrev.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/mailabbrev.el
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ of a mail alias.  The value is set up, buffer-local, when first needed.")
   "Perform completion on alias preceding point."
   ;; Based on lisp.el:lisp-complete-symbol
   (interactive)
+  (mail-abbrev-make-syntax-table)
   (let* ((end (point))
          (syntax-table (syntax-table))
          (beg (unwind-protect