Questions tagged [evil]
Evil Mode is a Vim emulation layer for Emacs.
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Issue binding space as leader with evil-mode and general mode
I am currently trying to set up my config so that I can use evil-mode while also using the space key as a local leader for some command while mapping my keys with general.el package.
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change evil operators to be non-greedy
I notice that some of the evil around operators are greedy. As in they grab space around the surrounding delimiters. One such operator is the a".
Assuming that my cursor is | when I use va" the ...
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Have Ctrl-a increase a number just like in vim
In spacemacs Ctrl-a is being used to move to the beginning of the line. I'm more used to 0 to move to the beginning of the line and $ to the end, which works in spacemacs.
Ctrl-a increases numbers in ...
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add-hook evil-insert-state-entry-hook is not calling the function
Update: It worked properly somehow after disabling and enabling nyan-mode.
BUT there is no evidence indicating any relationship between them. Because I can't reproduce this problem after it was ...
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How do I make Evil's C-o work with Org's C-c C-o?
Org mode's org-open-at-point (C-c C-o) works great for internal links, e.g.
Stuff to buy:
- <<food>> food:
- tomato
- potato
- banana
- <<drinks>> drinks:
- juice
- ...
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How do I set evil mode to use the normal state by default in Customize mode?
When I open the Easy Customization in Emacs, I want to be in normal mode instead of emacs mode. Is that possible?
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How to copy one register to another?
In vim :let @"=@* will copy the content of* register to the " register. How can it be done with evil?
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How can I make terms searched with `*` or `#` populate the search history?
In my attempt to have * and # work in Spacemacs as they do in Vim, I've followed the solution posted at this question.
Those keys now work, but there's one hurdle more to overcome: the searched term ...
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How <dd> evil keymap works?
d seems to be bound to evil-delete which requires beg and end arguments. I suspect they are somehow obtained from d motion. Let's say I have defun my-delete-line (body). What should go in body to ...
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Preserving evil mode search/replace command history
In evil mode, I use a lot of search/replace with %s/pattern/replacement. I have
(evil-select-search-module 'evil-search-module 'evil-search)
in my ~/.emacs file. However, some of the past search/...
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Dvorak input mode wrong letters when typing fast, correct, when typing slow
I have dvorak keyboard layout set as input when I am in evil-input mode. However, when I type relatively fast when typing the I get thd. This is just an example, some other "typos" occur as ...
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How to loop over keymaps and assign keys?
If I have a key binding I want to apply to multiple keymaps, for example.
(evil-define-key 'visual c-mode-map (kbd "C-M-?") 'c-comment-from-c++)
(evil-define-key 'visual c++-mode-map (kbd &...
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`M-f` doesn't move to next line in evil-mode
This happens on the Emacs splash page primarily. I can move back to the end of the previous line with M-b but cannot move onto the beginning of the next with M-f.
As an experiment, I'm going through ...
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Regex to handle unicode strings in evil mode
I'm using evil mode on Emacs2 27.1 on OSX. My goal is to search and replace some text containing unicode strings using either of emacs' replace-regex or vim's search/replace functionality.
To begin ...
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pipe result of elisp function to a shell command
I wanna pipe the output of an elisp function (emacs-version) to a shell command (xclip). How can I do this?
I accept vanilla emacs and evil solutions.
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show which package repo was used to obtain a package
I'm trying to submit a bug report to emacs-evil, and they ask me from which repo evil was installed.
I'm just using the version that came bundled with doom-emacs.
How can I know which source was used ...
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evil-mode exec register ignores pipe
In vim, assume :r!ls | grep foo is in the register l.
You can then do: @l to exec ls | grep foo and insert the contents matching foo in to the current buffer.
In evil-mode I get:
Usage: grep [OPTION].....
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Adding a custom keybinding in Doom Emacs
I am using evil-mode and am very new to emacs and doom. How would I be able to map Ctrl-s to :w or save. Also, how would I be able to bind Ctrl-n to neotree-toggle? I have been searching and trying ...
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doom-modeline module with line(w) status
As the title implies, what package or feature does line(w) denote? When active, it deletes lines in evil-insert-state upon pressing Enter and then i immediately afterward.
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centered cursor with evil-window-bottom and evil-window-top
I'm trying to achieve both:
persistent centered cursor (cursor stays in center of a window except when near the line 0 and count-lines-page
augment the way evil-window-bottom and evil-window-top work ...
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Execute function by using evil-set-register
I use evil and I want to execute a function by using Emacs macro system.
Let's say I have the following macro.
(evil-set-register ?f [?i ?f ?o ?o ?b ?a ?r escape])
I can run the macro by using @f. ...
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Swap TAB and Escape in all modes including evil
Escape is too far away on modern keyboards and Tab could be easily typed as Ctrl+i in terminal applications. So I found it convenient to replace them in my alacritty terminal key bindings. I am used ...
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Configure ryo-modal to execute function from evil-ex-commands alist
I would like some help in configuring ryo-modal, via use-package, to run a command from the evil-ex-commands alist, using ("ll" (cdr (assoc "wq" evil-ex-commands))); however, I'm ...
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Pass keymap as an argument to a function
I have the hard time straggling of passing elisp keymap to a custom function. I expect that after major mode has loaded (in my case it's clojure-mode) my new keybindings become available, but they don'...
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How to remap the search backwards evil-ex-search-previous command of evil?
I want to remap evil-ex-search-previous to some other key than ,.
I tried
(define-key evil-motion-state-map "," 'evil-avy-goto-char-in-line)
(evil-define-key 'normal magit-mode-map ",&...
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Completing underscored words without making _ a word character
I would like to use evil-complete-previous (or whatever) to
complete strings_such_as_this, which is by default not possible.
It is possible after (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w"), but this
has the ...
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From stock Emacs to Emacs Doom - Issues with Key Bindings and de-activating Evil-mode - ORG-MODE use
I have migrated to emacs-Doom and wish to keep the emacs vanilla key-bindings. I also use emacs exclusively for org-mode
I have amended the init.el file to remove the evil and removed any attributes ...
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c w movement up to next word instead of end of word
In vi, c w stops at the end of the current word (that movement is normally e, as in c e). This is different from w alone or d w, which go up to the beginning of the next word.
A popular Vim ...
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Getting the TAB key to work the same in Doom as in Spacemacs
When using the TAB key in a magit status/overview buffer, it says: Buffer is read-only.
If I manually disable read-only mode, the pressing TAB indents the text instead of expanding or contracting ...
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Can behavior of `W` be changed by modifying syntax entries?
I want dW and dB to not delete brackets in racket (all 3 kinds [, (, {).
I'm looking at changing W and not w because w is still useful for changing parts of an identifier, e.g. I can easily change ...
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Autoloading of evil fails: failed to define function evil
I get the error:
run-hooks: Autoloading file /home/xxxx/.emacs.d/elpa/evil-collection-20210203.811/modes/unimpaired/evil-collection-unimpaired.elc failed to define function evil at startup.
Here is ...
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Can I combine key-chord-mode with evil-define-key?
I like to use evil-define-key like so:
(evil-define-key 'normal projectile-mode-map
(kbd "M-o") 'projectile-switch-to-buffer)
This is great because I can make bindings for both an emacs ...
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Removing and adding newlines around expressions
I am in the process of formatting a couple of hundred markdown files and am trying to automate that process. I am having two problems, but I guess I can ask two questions ;)
Goal
I am trying to ...
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How to save vim registers in evil mode for use after restarting emacs
In evil mode, I can save text in named registers with "ay etc. These registers are lost whenever emacs is restarted. Is there a way to save these registers? Vim seems to do this automatically.
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Emacs keeps overwriting files in Haskell mode
I'm using emacs:
GNU Emacs 26.3
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Emacs
under the terms of the GNU ...
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Programmatically call evil-search-forward and then paste
How do I create an elisp function to call evil-search-forward and then paste to search for the last text yanked/copied? I've tried calling commands such as evil-paste-after or yank (see below) but ...
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How can I make the cursor place properly when hitting enter inside an empty object, without exiting “insert mode”
This is mainly for js2-mode, but would love to have it in python or other programming languages as well.
I would like to have the cursor placed as seen in the below image when hitting enter inside an ...
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Evil, How do I display visual range in mode-line
I'd like to see the size (number of rows and/or columns) of the visual selection in my mode-line. I use evil. How do I do that?
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How to act on the currently highlighted search result with evil mode?
When using evil mode search, is there a way to act on the currently highlighted search result by...
Converting it into a selection.
Treating it as a text object.
Having the ability to specify the end ...
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Possible not to use undo-tree in evil mode?
Every so often I run into bugs in undo-tree, where I can't redo, with the following known bug, another report & reddit thread.
primitive-undo: Unrecognized entry in undo list undo-tree-canary
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Symbol Highlight Transient State select all words
I am using Spacemacs. I want to move between variables easily and while using #spacemacs/enter-ahs-backward function. I want to select the even word near of some special characters like $!:<>
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Make Evil Mode “s” key behave like Vim
Doom Emacs' s key does not behave like Vim's implementation. In Vim, s deletes the character under the cursor and puts you into insert mode whereas Evil Mode performs a search, similar to f and t.
Is ...
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Adding custom text above and below a buffer
Is there an easy way to wrap a buffer in emacs with text of my choice? For e.g if my selected buffer is like this,
This is the first line of a verse with ।
And here comes the second line ॥ 1.2 ॥
I ...
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Start in insert state based on minor mode
I would like the org capture buffer (which IIUC is in org-capture-mode, a minor mode) to start in insert state; It seems that both the evil-insert-state-modes variable and the evil-set-initial-state ...
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Using evil and org-mode, as my file size grows, there is increasing delay in any command that changes text
There is only delay when changing text: navigation all works instantly, as normal.
The delay has gotten to about one full second now, it's getting pretty bad. The file is around 15,000 lines long, ...
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Generate dynamic keybindings depending on keyboard layout
This is a bit of an esoteric request so I will try to phrase it clearly.
I am currently beginning to learn colemak and doing so through a series of transitional layouts that go by the group name of ...
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Use hydra with evil motions
I'm trying to use a hydra to dispatch among a selection of motions. See this minimal example:
(defhydra hydra/test (:color blue)
"This is a test hydra"
("n" evil-next-line))
(evil-define-motion ...
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Evil Org-Mode set L and H to tabbar movements
I can toggle org-mode TODO status with L and H when the pointer rests at a org heading. I wish I could bind those keys to tabbar-"movements" to mimic the behaviour I get in all othem mode with this ...
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spacemacs - rebind existing keys
I am trying to rebind j, k key as well as capital E, B and Y, but cannot get them to work. Any pointers?
I put this into my .spacemacs (in dotspacemacs/user-config):
(evil-define-key 'normal key-...
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Echo area in Evil mode
I was wondering if it is possible to convert the echo area into something like what you get when you press C-f after : (in ex-mode)? One of the packages I am using gives me a modifiable (long) string ...
