How do I change the mode indicators for evil-mode in the spaceline mode line package?

Question

The mode line shows <N> or <I> or <V> and I would like it to show NORMAL, INSERT, VISUAL, etc.

I'm new to Emacs so my Elisp skills are non-existent.

Answer 1

You can modify how the mode-line shows the evil state by setting the corresponding tag variable. You'll need these lines somewhere in your emacs init file.

(setq evil-normal-state-tag "NORMAL")
(setq evil-insert-state-tag "INSERT")
(setq evil-visual-state-tag "VISUAL")