From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: visualize evil insert mode
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 15:04:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87in5v884r.fsf@telefonica.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87k1qb8pqf.fsf@radagast.pgxml.net
emacs-list-18@pgxml.net writes:
> i am searching for ideas how to visualize that evil mode is in insert
> state.
>
> Till now i use a funvtion that is hooked into the post-command-hook
> that moves an overlay (face bold) like this:
>
> (defun ck/evil/move-insert-mode-overlay()
> "move the insert mode overlay"
> (move-overlay ck/insert-mode-overlay (line-beginning-position)
> (line-end-position))
> )
>
> This works, but is not that nice. For example on an empty line, i dont
> have any visual feedback.
>
> Any other ideas for this? No, hl-line-mode does not count... ;-)
It depends on what you mean when you say "visualize".
I use
(setq evil-insert-state-cursor '("red" hbar))
(setq evil-insert-state-tag
(propertize "<I>" 'face '((:foreground "white" :background "red"))))
Similar for the other modes.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-04 13:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-04 6:44 visualize evil insert mode emacs-list-18
2018-07-04 13:04 ` Óscar Fuentes [this message]
2018-07-05 6:30 ` emacs-list-18
2018-07-04 13:14 ` Bingo
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