Re: abbrev-suggest does not hint in echo area

[Charles Millar]

Whoops.

On 7/18/21 8:31 PM, Charles Millar wrote:
> I posted the following message to help-gnu-emacs and should demonstrate 
> the possible bug. (Please note that I made one minor correction, i.e.- 
> "buffer" instead of "butter."
>
>  > emacs version GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 344, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+
>  > Version 3.24.23, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2020-12-31
>  >
>  > I have a buffer "learnabbrev.txt" open with abbrev-mode enabled,
>  >
>  > and in my init file,
>  >
>  > (setq abbrev-suggest t)
>  > (setq abbrev-suggest-hint-threshold 0).
>  >
>  > My (global-abbrev-table) includes:
>  >
>  > "foo"           1    "find outer otter"
>  >
>  > (I checked to make sure that foo expanded to "find outer otter.")
>  >
>  > When I start to enter "find outer otter," and no matter how many
>  > letters I enter, including the entire phrase, there are no suggestions
>  > in the echo area.
>  >
>  > If I understand the info entries for abbrev-suggest and
>  > abbrev-suugest-hint-threshold, should not a hint show in the echo
>  > area, even after I type the first "f?"
>
> Best,
>
> Charlie Millar