vi-mode problem with emacs upgrade

vi-mode problem with emacs upgrade

[Peter Spiro]

Does anyone know of vi-mode configurations that must
be done when upgrading to a new emacs version? 

My recent upgrade from emacs 20.7.1 to 21.3.2 seems to
have disabled dabbrev-expand in the minibuffer in
vi-mode.

The '/' key takes me to minibuffer search as before,
but typing a few characters, e.g. 'foo', and hitting
M-/ produces the error message: 
"No dynamic expansion for '/foo' found"
rather than expanding the word, even though an
expansion is clearly available.  

(Not sure if the problem is that for some reason the
'/' character is included in the search phrase.  I get
the same error even when the text contains a string
like '/foo...'.)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Peter Spiro



		
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Re: vi-mode problem with emacs upgrade

[Lennart Borgman]

Peter Spiro wrote:

>Does anyone know of vi-mode configurations that must
>be done when upgrading to a new emacs version? 
>
>My recent upgrade from emacs 20.7.1 to 21.3.2 seems to
>have disabled dabbrev-expand in the minibuffer in
>vi-mode.
>
>The '/' key takes me to minibuffer search as before,
>but typing a few characters, e.g. 'foo', and hitting
>M-/ produces the error message: 
>"No dynamic expansion for '/foo' found"
>rather than expanding the word, even though an
>expansion is clearly available.  
>  
>
I do not know anything specific since I do not use either vi mode or 
dabbrev-expand. I an addition I seldom use 21.3.2 now, I use the CVS Emacs.

However have you tested viper mode? This is a newer vi emulator.  Maybe 
chances are better that the problem does not exist there?