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-rw-r--r--lisp/disp-table.el4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/disp-table.el b/lisp/disp-table.el
index c762b88cb66..f0ee3d1d780 100644
--- a/lisp/disp-table.el
+++ b/lisp/disp-table.el
@@ -337,13 +337,15 @@ which characters can be displayed and which cannot."
(with-current-buffer buf
(erase-buffer)
(insert "\
+;; This code was produced by `standard-display-by-replacement-char'.
;; Evaluate the Lisp code below to make Emacs show the standard
;; replacement character as a substitute for each undisplayable character.
;; One way to do that is with \"C-x h M-x eval-region RET\".
;; Normally you would put this code in your Emacs initialization file,
;; perhaps conditionally based on the type of terminal, so that
;; this setup happens automatically on each startup.
-(let ((tbl standard-display-table))\n")
+(let ((tbl (or standard-display-table
+ (setq standard-display-table (make-display-table)))))\n")
(while (<= ch to)
(cond
((or (char-displayable-p ch)