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Emacs evil-mode how to change insert-state to emacs-state automatically

I don't like the insert-state, and so I want to replace it with emacs-state. But this setting does not work:

(add-hook 'evil-insert-state-entry-hook 'evil-emacs-state)

After press o or cw, I am still in insert-state.

Solution

  • Tell me how this works. It's a hack that basically replaces the function evil-insert-state with evil-emacs-state. The problem is figuring out how to exit emacs state with the escape key. For instance, this version works fine when I exit emacs state with the ESC key, but not when I try to do the same with C-[:

    ; redefine emacs state to intercept the escape key like insert-state does:
(evil-define-state emacs
  "Emacs state that can be exited with the escape key."
  :tag " <EE> "
  :message "-- EMACS WITH ESCAPE --"
  :input-method t
  ;; :intercept-esc nil)
  )

(defadvice evil-insert-state (around emacs-state-instead-of-insert-state activate)
  (evil-emacs-state))