abbrev_defs encoding issues

[Andreas Röhler]

Hi,

when using Emacs 24.. and Emacs 23.. series parallel or
consecutive, I'm running into trouble due to different
encoding for ~/.abbrev_defs - 23 uses emacs-mule, while 24 uses utf-8.

Having a look into NEWS.23

"** The abbrevs file is now a file named abbrev_defs in
user-emacs-directory; but the old location, ~/.abbrev_defs, is used if
that file exists."

that might be avoided to a certain extend by requiring the new location 
for 24 series.

Maybe some warning should user try to change that might help too.

Best regards,

Andreas

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