Re: viper-mode: "r <Return>" does not work as expected

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Olaf Dietrich wrote:
> I tried this in all viper-mode levels (GNU Emacs 21.4.1, i386 Linux):
> 
> Inserting a new line break in an existing line by "r <Return>"
> (more exactly: replacing the current character by a newline)
> does not work; instead, '^M' appears as replacement text.
> 
> (The alternative "r C-j" _does_ work, but is not what my fingers
> are used to do in vi.)
> 
> Is it possible to make "r <Return>" work as well? Is this a known
> limitation or bug? (Well, yes, it is known, I found the post
> 
>   From: eesti@corp.earthlink.net
>   Subject: Emacs VIPER mode: RETURN shows up as ^M after replace
>   Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
>   Message-ID: <%NFK8.379$se.11@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
>   Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 08:29:47 GMT
> 
> but I haven't found any suggestions how to change this behavior.)

The version of viper-cmd.el distributed with Emacs 21.3 has this snippet
in the viper-replace-char-subr function:

       (if (eq char ?\C-m) (setq char ?\n))

So perhaps you're using an old version of viper -- what do `M-x
locate-library RET viper' and `M-x list-load-path-shadows' tell
you?

-- 
Kevin Rodgers