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In Spacemacs, how do I insert a newline, without entering insert mode?

In Vim, you can bind Enter key to insert a newline without entering insert mode. how can you do this in Spacemacs.

Or how to remap keys in general in Spacemacs?

Solution

  • You can use:

    (define-key evil-normal-state-map (kbd "RET") 'spacemacs/evil-insert-line-below)

    to insert a line below and stay at the same position, or

    (define-key evil-normal-state-map (kbd "RET")
  (lambda ()
    (interactive)
    (call-interactively 'spacemacs/evil-insert-line-below)
    (evil-next-line)))

    to insert a line below and go to the new line.