<enter> in insert mode yields a newline with no indent

[TheBB]

Originally reported by: topher200 (Bitbucket: topher200, GitHub: topher200)

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=== Expected behavior ===
User enters insert mode and starts typing a function. should yield a new line, with the cursor at the correct auto-indent location.

=== Actual behavior ===
User enters insert mode and starts typing a function. yields a new line, with the cursor all the way to the left column.

=== Observations ===
Exiting insert mode and auto-indenting the code ("==") fixes the problem, which shows that evil knows how to indent the code - it's just not doing it.

Emac's describe-key shows that the function being called for in insert mode is "newline". I would expect it to call "evil-ret". "evil-ret" is called on in normal mode, and its documentation talks about it handling insert-mode.

"customize-group" shows that the "auto indent" variable is set to default. That seems to be working fine- creating a new line by entering insert-mode (with "o" or "O") yields a newline with the cursor in the correct spot.

=== Steps to reproduce ===
Write the first line to a function with nested indentation. Example:

(if (not

and press . Notice that the cursor is on the newline on the far left, as shown here by the "|":

(if (not
|

I would expect the cursor to be here:

(if (not
     |

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/lyro/evil/issue/45

[TheBB]

Original comment by topher200 (Bitbucket: topher200, GitHub: topher200):

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This seems like a strange bug to exist; it's easily fixable, and pretty obvious behavior. That leads me to believe that it's being caused by some strangeness on my machine, but if it is I can't track it down.

[TheBB]

Original comment by topher200 (Bitbucket: topher200, GitHub: topher200):

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I created a patch for this bug, and initiated a merge request here: https://gitorious.org/evil/evil/merge_requests/23.

[TheBB]

Original comment by Michael Markert (Bitbucket: cofi, GitHub: cofi):

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The binding has been removed on purpose:

commit 6b1e5ab78123e64e50a2401bc5fee11486854d40
Author: Vegard Øye <vegard_oye@hotmail.com>
Date:   Thu Oct 6 15:11:36 2011 +0200

    Remove Insert state binding for "RET"
    
    Unbind `evil-ret' in Insert state. Many modes bind "RET" to a custom
    command, so it is best to leave this key alone in Insert state.