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?